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Wednesday Madman
December 27, 2007
Another Mission Accomplished
Again we're not prepared... again. Benazir Bhutto was assassinated today as she
stood up through the sunroof of a car and waved to her supporters (and at least
one terrorist). She was the main opposition to Pervez Musharraf, the General/
President/ Prime Minister/ Dictator of Pakistan who has been an ally... sort
of... in the fight against al-Qaeda (even though he has been harboring them in
his country's Warizistan region for quite some time).
And what was President Bush's response to the terrorist event?
"The United States strongly condemns this cowardly act by murderous extremists
who are trying to undermine Pakistan's democracy. Those who committed this crime
must be brought to justice."
-Bush from his Christmas vacation holiday in Crawford, Texas
No need to fly back to DC, right Georgie-boy? It's not like you can do anything
you can do now that she's dead. After all, that horse left the barn so closing
the door makes no sense. But as long as you "strongly condemn" this
assassination, everything will be all right with your view of the world.
And don't forget to cut that switch-grass. The back 40 is getting a little
weedy.
Maybe we should call how the Bush is dealing with the assassination of Bhutto
and its aftermath "Mission Accomplished 2".
Again we aren't prepared. When those same terrorists attempted to assassinate
Bhutto a few weeks ago, they managed to kill "only" about 150 of her supporters.
And when the former and probably new Pakistani Prime Minister asked the current
President and Prime Minister Musharraf for more protection, she was turned down.
But those requests didn't only come from Bhutto to Musharraf. They also came
from others to our President.
"Washington will have to answer a lot of questions, especially the
Administration. People like me have been making specific requests to American
officials to intervene and ask for particular security arrangements be made for
her, and they have been constantly just trusting the Musharraf Administration."
-Boston University Professor Hussain Haqqani, a former top aide to Bhutto
And much in the same way they underestimated the aftermath of a "quick" war in
Iraq, the Bush distraction has no clue as what to do in a middle eastern nation
that happens to also be a nuclear power. What are our plans to stop the rioting
in the streets of Islamabad and other cities in Pakistan? Someone call up
Crawford information and see if they can get through to The President, please.
Even if one assumes that Musharraf has control over Pakistan, this event has
made a tenuous situation even more so. the first thing the Bushies said was that
they have no reason to think that the nuclear weapons are at risk in Pakistan.
What are they basing this on anyway? Hope? Just how well another round of
martial law in what the Pakistan police call a "code red" situation will go over
is anybody's guess.
Even if one takes the tact that Musharraf had absolutely nothing to do with the
loss of his biggest opponent, one has to realize that her loss is his gain.
And from the sounds and sights of it, it appears to be al-Qaeda's gain as well.
-Noah Greenberg
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