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To: Elroy who wrote (364513)	12/27/2007 8:58:00 AM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1585568

Well, her father Ali Bhutto, the former president, who was taken out by the generals, was hanged by his number one military rival Zia, right? Sure, those places, in good old rug merchant manner, whoever gets into a position to steal for his own riches does indeed that. A way of life, I guess. next you have the winning thieves sentencing the losing thieves to hang. Pretty much like when the winning war criminals sentence the losing war criminals to hang. Like in Nuremberg and Tokyo. That said, in no way do I try to say those guys shouldn't hang for what they did but just pointing out that at the same time other war criminals, as bad or even worse, walked because the were not on the losing side. Now, this takes me places, I better stop here. I just have a problem to believe that Benazir Bhutto was any more corrupt than any of those other guys in command in that part of the world. taro

To: Elroy who wrote (364513)	12/27/2007 1:38:32 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1585568

My understanding of Pakistani politics is pretty close to zero. As I understand it Bhutto's period of leadership was rife with corruption and she basically looted the country then had to run away abroad to avoid prosecution. Why she remained a leading politician escapes me. Apparently, she was charismatic.......and in these countries, charisma seems to overshadow bad behavior. What's tiring is this need to assassinate leaders that don't agree with one's politics. All it does is keep these countries in a state of unstability where none of the real problems get dealt with. Of course, that may well be the goal. And the truth is the person behind the assassination might well be Musharraf......it seems to me he has the most to gain getting her out of the way.