2007 Bowing Out
December 28, 2007
In case you haven’t heard, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated yesterday. Not having cable, I primarily receive my news from the internet. I first came across this woman’s name a few months ago when a big fanfare was made of her return to Pakistan after being granted a pardon and amnesty from the current president of Pakistan. Now, via the Associated Press, the assassination has been denounced by Pakistan as being carried out by al-Quaida. As with the death of Anna Politkovskaya, Bhutto’s turns my stomach.
This doesn’t bode well for 2008.
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Sherry | January 1, 2008 at 9:03 am
Alas, if you really look at it, nothing bodes well for 2008.
We stand on the brink of something. And we will only know what it is in hindsight. There is no doubt it is disaster of some kind, I can only hope it is nothing too catastrophic.
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Lacey | January 7, 2008 at 4:12 pm
I was shocked when I heard about this. I talked to a friend about it and he said, “I don’t see what the big deal is. So what? That place is always violent. Why should the fact that the victim is a woman make any difference?”
I wasn’t entirely sure how to answer that, except to say… It does.