Benazir Bhutto 'killed in blast'

MrBrian wrote:

they have a couple times, remember the bridge bomb attack on musharaff? on another note, she was not a great leader, she stole from the people and known to be kinda corrupt. how corrupt? maybe avg leader of a country corrupt? but anyway she was not super good.
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But anyway, the most shocking thing for most americans from this will be the fact that they probably had no idea pakistan had a female leader years ago. I think she even won twice! while here in america people are asking... "are we ready for a female president?"

Her daddy was a upstanding citizen too! As the ladies I work with said and I will quote: "she is there to settle up her daddy's score". Nothing more or less.

And yes she won twice. Once she wasn't even in the country.

PEPPER wrote:

Right now, Bhutto supporters are rioting, the terrorists are getting what they wanted from this murder, but the Islamofascists can not be allowed to win this war, Pakistan is a Nuclear power, and there is nothing the terrorist leaders around the world want more than to get their hands on nuclear weapons.

American people need to take notice of this, we are in the process of selecting a new leader of the Free World, and things like this assassination underscore why we need to select someone with the courage and toughness to do the right thing. All to many people have slipped back into the pre-9/11 mentality, but this should be a wake-up call, this is still a very dangerous world we live in, and is the person you choose to be the next President of the United States the person that would best be able to handle an enemy that hates so bad that they want to kill anyone that opposes them. This is going to be a very important election, I pray that the American people do the right thing.

These terrorists don’t care about all of the UN irresolutions and official condemnations that will be passed over the next day or so, they only take notice of hard decisive action. There is no negotiating with this evil, at Tony Blair once said, “There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.”

Pre 9/11 mentality, give me a break. Try some post 9/11 mentality. Six years of billions and billions of war/security dollar budgets given to this Administration, so tell me why

-why our border's aren't secure

-why our ports aren't secure

-why is our entire F-15 fleet is grounded when only last week they issued a cautionary note about terrorist acts at Bowl Games.

-why our troops are still waiting on equipment and gear while Blackwater has everything including immunity

-why is our economy going down the drain while warmongering corporations are reaping billions in profits, outsourcing jobs and obtaining tax shelter by moving their address overseas?

I'm not looking for a Bush clone. I want someone willing to take care of America first and work with the rest of the world leaders to get their act together. Any President can send troops to die for their country, I'm looking for someone who will at least want to try and stop it before it gets that far. I don't want someone who's going to tell me they had God's blessing and therefore God will be their judge. If that's the case, I'll put God as a write-in candidate.


Hey, - it's after Christmas, why are there still people without electricity in Kansas and Oklahoma in the world's greatest country? Haven't heard any candidate address that issue. No Congressional hearings for the power companies.

Terrorists are a concern and should not be taken lightly. A more important fact to remember is that sometimes the greatest threat can be in your own home.

puremagic wrote:

She was elected twice and I don't think she had a sex change during either election. Her being a woman didn't seem to be a problem with the Pakistan people.

right. It's just another destabilizing event. I don't really know enough to comment intelligently on the matter, your post above though is brilliant. I couldn't say it better myself. Turn the political focus home, start taking care of the problems in our own house and some of these other issues will go away. It's not written anywhere that the US must be the worlds policeman, and I'm worried this will be another excuse to send troops to another theatre.

PEPPER wrote:

And with this current administration we have not had a terrorist attack "in my home" All I am saying is bringing the troops home right now is not a good thing

We sure have. Unless you mean since 9/11?

jlew24asu wrote:

I can't say I'm surprised by this. par for the course. just doesnt make much sense though, what threat did she pose to musharraf? he was the one who wanted to have elections in a few months

That's debatable.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/wherebhuttosdeathleavestheus

(Hussain Haqqani, a former top aide to Bhutto, is now a professor at Boston University)

Haqqani is not shy about pointing fingers. He blames Musharraf himself, above all, for Bhutto's death. "It's quite clear that Musharraf does not want an election - you can quote me - he is the one who has constantly wanted anybody who can threaten him or his power, out." Haqqani told Congress in October that U.S. aid for Pakistan has for too long been tilted toward the Pakistani military. "Since 1954 almost $21 billion had been given to Pakistan in aid," he told the House Armed Services Committee. "Of this, $17.7 billion were given under military rule, and only $3.4 billion was given to Pakistan and the civilian government."

PEPPER wrote:

And with this current administration we have not had a terrorist attack "in my home" All I am saying is bringing the troops home right now is not a good thing

Umm yes there was a terrorist attack in our homeland under the current administration...remember 9/11? Bush was President then and was lousy then and continues to be.