In mourning: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (l.), prayed Sunday with women whose husbands were killed in a bomb attack on her welcome procession David Guttenfelder
The Christian Science Monitor is a Neocon newsprint. They are highly inflammatory. This article REEKS of prejudice against the good judgment of all Pakistanis. They don't know what they are talking about and neither do others that are screaming 'invade Pakistan' because the terrorists will take over the nukes. Nonsense !
Benazir Bhutto loves Pakistan otherwise she would not have risked coming back. She could have easily remained in Britain and have done what the Russian Oligarch is doing, pandering to the West, while playing them for money and putting up a good front to look "Western friendly and Anti-Nation of Origin." That is not what she is doing nor will she.
The Former Prime Minister Bhutto came back to Pakistan in hopes of stabilizing a country in anarchy. If one recalls there have been many assassination attempts of Musharraf. Mrs. Bhutto came back to Pakistan with an authority the people of Pakistan recognize. She stated she returned to Pakistan in a power sharing agreement with President Musharraf.
THAT WAS 'POWER SHARING.'
The focus of the fomer Prime Minister's return is to bring about 'good' change in a manner that will stabilize Pakistan, stop the unrest in the tribal areas, return democracy as well as the esteem of women. Under her watchful eye the women of Pakistan had their own bank and their own direction as well as being loyal and generous wives and mothers.
I am confident the former Prime Minister will seek to be an influence and possibly return her citizenship to goals that will include an election to a Pakistani leadership of one kind or another, perhaps the Parliament. Her greeting alone was enough to explain the concern, but, the last aspect to any of her ambitions is to have Pakistan so 'unsecure' that it would allow a coupe of perhaps the Taliban or Osama bin Laden himself.
The other half of this Musharraf. He needs to respect her and investigate the crimes recently against her and act to secure her safety within the country no different than any other citizen. If he can accomplish a respectful tone toward her, Pakistan could easily move into a stable venue of seeking democracy and solidify party structures to carry out the business of Pakistan with all people represented and empowered. If Musharraf is unable or unwilling to cooperate in the manner sought by the former Prime Minister than perhaps there could be speculation to his intentions and loyalty of Pakistan. The two should meet and comfort the people.
