Musharraf Will Tell 60 Minutes Bhutto Responsible for her Own Assassination

I have been reluctant to write about this story as it is both confusing and scary. The story of Bhutto's death has changed not once, not twice, but four times. Is that strange? Now Musharraf will go on television and tell everyone it was her own fault, though admitting she was probably shot. And of course the infamous email now that Bhutto sent Wolf Blitzer that says if she is killed it is most likely Musharraf's fault for not providing enough security.

Does anyone believe this fucker was not in on the shooting? Our biggest ally in the war on terror is a dictator with close ties to Islamic terror, who imprisons lawyers who wish to speak out and who desires to be a junta in line with so many the United States propped up in the southern cone of South America in the 60's, 70's and 80's. Yet, this is a very secular country with an extraordinary grassroots movement of democracy, much like the people of Iran, but we as a nation continue our strange bedfellow tradition, then of course make them our enemy when it all goes awry.

We need change, surely, but we need much more than that. We need a whole new direction in foreign policy for this world is dangerous and we cannot afford to have the same people making the same decisions over and over.

Benazir Bhutto - Quote of the Day

"The neglect of rising poverty against the background of religious extremism can only complicate an already difficult world situation. The war against terrorism is primarily perceived as a war based on the use of force. However, economics has its own force, as does the desperation of families who cannot feed themselves.

"Militancy and greed cannot become the defining images of a new century that began with much hope. We must refocus our energy on promoting the values of democracy, accountability, broad-based government, and institutions that can respond to people's very real and very urgent needs." - Benazir Bhutto- Stop the Next War Now.

From the Huffington Post. A great article by Arianna Huffington herself. This is a blog Bhutto posted on the post not long before her death.

"I long ago realized that my personal life was to be subjugated to my political responsibilities. When my democratically elected father, Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was arrested in 1977 and subsequently murdered, the mantle of leadership of the Pakistan Peoples Party, our nation's largest, nationwide grassroots political structure, was suddenly thrust upon me. It was not the life I planned, but it is the life I have. My husband and children accept and understand that my political responsibilities to the people of Pakistan come first, as painful as that personally is to all of us. I would like to be planning my son's move to his first year at college later this month, but instead I am planning my return to Pakistan and my party's parliamentary election campaign.

I didn't choose this life. It chose me."