[lbo-talk] Benazir Bhutto reportedly assasinated in a suicide bomb attack

[B.]

replying by cellphone, which sucks. But repub line seems almost without exception: al-qaeda did it. (though bush did notably cite "extremists" - not "terrorists," unusual for an event like this in the part of the world it is in, compared to how freely "terrorist" is thrown around to describe others who've done less remarkable things.) dems seem more divided. Own un-expert analysis shows lots of motives from various potential culprits. No empirical proof/smoking gun. Musharraf sure does look swank now that he has "quit wearing that uniform," like bush urged & donned the garb of a real power-monger: the western business suit. (any style tips for him, andie?)                                                                          -b.

Andy F wrote: 
> On Dec 27, 2007 8:27 PM, Dwayne Monroe <dwayne.monroe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It appears that Washington, understandably concerned about Pakistan's
>> stability as opposition to Musharraf and his part real,  part bullshit
>> 'counter-terrorist' campaign grows, hoped to use Bhutto as some sort
>> of poorly thought-out hedge against collapse. Paradoxically (or
>> perhaps not), Rice's plan seemed to be built around the notion that
>> Bhutto's presence in government would shore up Musharraf's eroding
>> legitimacy ('He's not so bad', Wash. could argue 'he allowed an
>> adversary to enter the political system').
> It looks like an odd thing to pin on the Bushistas.  Bhutto certainly
> seemed determined on her own accord to return, whether or not it
> provided a fig leaf for propping up Musharraf.
> -- 
> Andy
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