 Pakistan has gone from democratic hopeful to nuclear nightmare.
Either al-Qaida or even Musharraf himself was behind this horrible
act. It was a suicide bomber, an al-Qaida trademark. But then the
shooter first shot her in the neck with a bullet before blowing
himself up. That is NOT an al-Qaida trademark. It's been reported
that the head wound was what killed her. For Musharraf it is a
convenient way to suspend the constitution and avoid the only
opponent who could beat him in January's election.I just saw
"Charlie Wilson's War" yesterday, and how we dropped the ball in
Afghanistan after one man helped bring down the Soviet Union. What
comes out in the movie is how the then-Pakistan President Zia had
killed his predecessor, who was Benazir Bhutto's father. (The movie
doesn't say that Zia himself was later killed in an assassination
when his plane was shot down).
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 We risk the same thing in Pakistan, the only major nuclear power
with a growing nest of Islamic militants, including Osama bin Laden,
who live in Pakistan's safe havens and are turning their attention
from Afghanistan to Pakistan (according to Robert Gates).
Great turmoil and risk is ahead for the U.S. as much as the
people of Pakistan. It could lead to extremists gaining nukes,
especially if Musharraf succeeds in becoming a dictator, now that
democracy has died with Ms. Bhutto.
Americans should pay attention to this. If one of their nukes or
the technology falls into the hands of al-Qaida sympathizers, we are
in serious trouble. A nuclear 9/11 would make the first event feel
like a gnat bite in comparison.
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