Benazir Bhutto

Much has been said about the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. She is called a patriot, a martyr and a cold conniving politician - depending on your view point. Rather than focus on her, I would like to focus on some comments that have been made by US politicians in light of her assassination. I already mentioned Governor Huckabee's "apologies" for the crime. However I did not get a chance (before now) about Congressman Paul's remarks on the event. Hot Air has the video and a few compliments for the Congressman's general point. What Congressman Paul has right is that we probably forced the democracy point with Musharraf, however, what he continues to miss is the point that we live in a world where what happens in Pakistan DOES affect us here in the US and what happens in Europe DOES affect the rest of the world! There are times when we have to deal with the "devil" (as we do now with China) in order to try to get them to play nice with everyone else. We simply can not leave Musharraf to deal with the chaos alone. The stakes (control of Pakistan's nuclear weapons) are too high.

America is NOT to blame for the death of Benazir Bhutto. No one forced her to go back to Pakistan - she went of her own accord. She complained about security lapses, but chose to ride outside her armored vehicle - making herself a willing target. The fact that both Governor Huckabee and Congressman Paul both seem to think that we are somehow to blame is a troubling thing for Governor Huckabee.