Thursday, December 27, 2007

What Scares You More?

With Benazir Bhutto, friend to the United States and proponent of democracy and equality in Pakistan, killed in a terrorist action, what is scarier to you - the fact that President Mussharaf could have been involved in the assassination of his main political rival or the fact that he was powerless to stop the Al Qaeda ridden government he supposedly controls (which has nuclear weapons)?

The day of Bhutto's return to Pakistan, President Bush informed Musharraf that the United States holds him personally accountable for the safety and security of Bhutto. Indeed, he stopped an earlier assassination attempt on her life. Certainly the crowds at the scene blamed Musharraf for the attack. Now what will the United States do in this minefield of diplomacy? Will we stick by the President's word, or will we let Musharraf off the hook (or should we?)?

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