Thursday, December 27, 2007

On the death of Benazir Bhutto

Many details here. It appears it was the work of Al Qaeda. Another reminder, if another was needed, of Al Q's hatred for democracy.

Pervez Musharraf, and anyone from his circle, had better not have had anything to do with this. Thus far there is no evidence that Musharraf had anything to do with it. For his sake, that had better be so. Remember the Philippines? 1986? Suddenly then-President Ferdinand Marcos' most bitter political foe, Benigno Aquino, a champion of democracy, is gunned down as he steps off a plane. It led to Marcos' ouster in a democratic revolution.

We had better hope that Pakistan does not succumb to an anti-democratic revolution.