Bhutto assassinated

[Manton]

A major blow on the war on terror.

[Cranky]

manton said:

A major blow on the war on terror.

The entire country is on the verge of becoming a nuclear tipped nightmare.

Anyone want to take a bet that Musharraf is behind this? I gives his military buddies the pretext they need for marshal law.

More chaos in the Middle East. *sigh*

[franko]

Totally expected. She knew it was coming and just a matter of time until *they* succeeded.

I wonder if she martyred herself so as to inflame the revolution?

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf condemned the attack and appealed for calm. He has called a high-level emergency meeting to discuss the government's response. celebration? continuing martial law? reinstatement as general? all-out attacks on resisters?

HA is right . . . the chaos continues and grows. And, yup . . . *sigh*

[mic]

habsaddict said:

manton said:

A major blow on the war on terror.

The entire country is on the verge of becoming a nuclear tipped nightmare.

Anyone want to take a bet that Musharraf is behind this? I gives his military buddies the pretext they need for marshal law.

More chaos in the Middle East. *sigh*

I cannot help but feeling nervous when these nuclear states become/are so unstable. Musharraf obviously cannot be trusted, yet the Bush administration will have no choice but to contradictly support his regime.

I remember some international scholars arguing that the more nuclear weapons the better. But this argument always forgets about domestic unstability.

Sometimes, I don't understand why all these guys want to become the next president of the US. The Bush administration will leave so many major problems open to its successor. So many issues will have to be dealt with: Iran, Pakhistan, Iraq; even relations with China and Russia will have to be clarified. Add to that domestic economic concerns, and I bet that the next four years will be no fun.

[Disgruntled70sHab]

mic said:

habsaddict said:

The entire country is on the verge of becoming a nuclear tipped nightmare.

Anyone want to take a bet that Musharraf is behind this? I gives his military buddies the pretext they need for marshal law.

More chaos in the Middle East. *sigh*

I cannot help but feeling nervous when these nuclear states become/are so unstable. Musharraf obviously cannot be trusted, yet the Bush administration will have no choice but to contradictly support his regime.

I remember some international scholars arguing that the more nuclear weapons the better. But this argument always forgets about domestic unstability.

Sometimes, I don't understand why all these guys want to become the next president of the US. The Bush administration will leave so many major problems open to its successor. So many issues will have to be dealt with: Iran, Pakhistan, Iraq; even relations with China and Russia will have to be clarified. Add to that domestic economic concerns, and I bet that the next four years will be no fun.

Was watching this from Sudbury when the story broke. I remember hearing one of the analysts saying that Pakistan has a firm grip on their nuclear arsenal. There shouldn't be a worry here.

However, I'm more worried about how this assassination will affect the fight in Afghanistan. There is the threat of a civil war breaking out. And if this happens then Musharraf will have to weaken his Afghan border by deploying troops from there to where they would be needed more. Such a move would allow Al-Qaeda and Taliban to cross into Afghanistan in much higher numbers. If this happens it might result in delaying Canada's commitment to leave by their 2009 deadline as other NATO countries may have to reconsider their commitments in order to save their political hides.

Franko was right in that this was expected. Bhutto was quick to point out that standing up for one's beliefs and principles was something she learned from her father, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Yet, he too was hanged back in '79 because of his political beliefs.

Now, there's talk of delaying the elections so Bhutto's son, Bilawal, can be groomed as her successor. He quoted his mother:

"My mother always said democracy is the best revenge."

And there are many who will not allow this process to happen.

Sad.