Smasharoo wrote:
Me too, there's nothing worse than when a corrupt power hungry would be dictator dies.
I'm pretty sure I won $15 from someone since she didn't make it through the year.
Have no fear, we'll just pump money back in and it'll be back to Al Queda hiding, heroin growing, woman burning business as usual. Having nuclear weapons means never having to say your sorry.
And once again Smash goes for the homesy simplistic take.
Was she corrupt? I'm not convinced, but couldn't rule it out. I'm pretty sure her hubby is bent as a $9 bill.
Would she have been a dictator? On paper, no, but like her dad, she'd prolly have imposed a pretty tight regime.
I do think, however, she was the best chance that Pakistan had of stabilising its relationship with India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, China & Russia. Not to mention the Waziris, Sylhetis and Kashmiris.
I'm not pandering to the populist view that democracy is the be-all and end-all; in some circumstances democracy ain't ready yet. In this case, she could have mobilised the moderates & the military against the minority clerics that Musharaff's been c
Ock-sucking these last 2 years.
I've been to hear her speak a number of times, read many of her pieces, and I'm pissed off. Now Musharaff can carry on nodding the Mudrassars through while winking at GW Bush.
A sad day.
And in the 70s and 80s, she was doable