Strength in Vulnerability
2 years ago
2007/12/28
Bhutto and Pakistan...
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I don't know what to think...
It's funny how in the media, the announcement of her death was presented... as if this has caught everyone by surprise.
Hello ?!?
Wasn't something... glaring obvious? It's not a matter of if, but a matter of when... and most likely *BEFORE* the elections?
What has been an enigma is why Benazir Bhutto decided to return to Pakistan. Besides, she saw her dad and a couple of relatives leaving this world a bit prematurely.
She's savvy, she's smart, got a good education in the best schools in the west, and she knows politics since she's been at the helm of the country.
I don't believe a minute it is by patriotism and on high and noble principles she went back. She isn't suicidal, nor _that_ stupid. What's the whole point of being killed before even having a chance to have a taste at power? There is that.
She must have been fooled by someone whose words usually are trusted... and my hunch is once you have answered that question... the murderer(s) aren't that far.
Sometimes maps speak a lot (hence why I posted a GoogleMap here). Pakistan isn't just the proverbial quirky neighbour to India. There's a heck of mighty neighbours, from Iran to China, not to mention Afghanistan. Even some neighbors are within shooting distance, such as Saudi Arabia.
Besides, sitting on top of the many "'stan" is... Russia. I'm also thinking of certain trades, licit such as oil (in pipelines), and illicit, such as certain drugs (derived from certain cultures)...
And it must make some people nervous for a country that has a nuclear bomb... is going out of control. Mhhhh...
Sometimes, I wish that our media, instead of just merely reporting the news... without even understanding what they were reporting... they would sit down... and start analysing.
Heck, we have people getting diplomas out of universities in geopolitics. Might be time to hire them? They know what they're talking about... (or should know! ;) )
Nor that I believe one second that Bhutto was suicidal, nor she would make consciously a fatal mistake by returning to her country... while it was a sure thing she wouldn't see the elections alive.
In the meantime, you should see the silliness FOXNews and CNN are uttering. And they call that... "news channels". Wow...
Cheers,
-E
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The interesting part to me is the blame people are putting on Musharaf for the lack of security the gov't provided. She was in an armoured vehicle which would probably have prevented the attack/affects of the bomb if she hadn't decided to emerge from the sun roof to wave with the crowd surrounding her car outside the gate of the event. Given what she knew herself about her state of security, as well as what she undoubtedly knows about crowds in Pakistan, what I cannot figure out is why she did that?!
Musharaf is an easy scapegoat. I'm not saying that his hands are entirely clean... on the other... hand (!), he's the "too obvious" villain.
I'm sad, but I think that her days were numbered. You can't be *always* cautious all the time.
Why she did what she did... I figure that when you are cheered, the temptation is there to say hello to your partisans.
That's a normal thing to do... and she probably didn't think at that very precise moment, something could happen.
There are some historical precedents, albeit with happier endings (such as De Gaulle on the liberation of Paris in 1944, parading all over the city in full view, while there were still Germans all over the place).
This is sad. Very sad...
-J
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