2008 Woodie Awards
Benazir Bhutto: A voice of peace silenced
Alaina Zanin
Issue date: 1/18/08 Section: Opinion
Furthermore, to the Bush Administration: frankly your foreign policy could use some work. One week you are supporting Pervez Musharraf, who is a known military dictator, and the next you are supporting Bhutto, who went into exile after Musharraf took power.
Some brilliant mind cooked up a deal where Bhutto would run for prime minister under Musharraf to give his government a veneer of legitimacy.
Really, is that how it works? The U.S. can support anyone in another country and they'll be elected no questions asked?
And if you were Musharraf how would you like another leader, a woman none the less, coming into your country and undermining your power?
Bhutto's assassination was the result of poor foreign relations, an ongoing power struggle and the vicious cycle of violence that has somehow become accepted.
This is what I have learned.
Violence only causes more violence.
I don't know if the U.S. can help solve the problems that plague Pakistan. They are rutted deep in Pakistani society, tradition and history. If we can't make improvements, let's at least not make it worse.
To Benazir Bhutto, I am sorry our government failed you and your government failed you. But most of all, I'm sorry your fearless voice was silenced.
Some brilliant mind cooked up a deal where Bhutto would run for prime minister under Musharraf to give his government a veneer of legitimacy.
Really, is that how it works? The U.S. can support anyone in another country and they'll be elected no questions asked?
And if you were Musharraf how would you like another leader, a woman none the less, coming into your country and undermining your power?
Bhutto's assassination was the result of poor foreign relations, an ongoing power struggle and the vicious cycle of violence that has somehow become accepted.
This is what I have learned.
Violence only causes more violence.
I don't know if the U.S. can help solve the problems that plague Pakistan. They are rutted deep in Pakistani society, tradition and history. If we can't make improvements, let's at least not make it worse.
To Benazir Bhutto, I am sorry our government failed you and your government failed you. But most of all, I'm sorry your fearless voice was silenced.
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Steven Dudley
posted 1/24/08 @ 9:24 PM CST
How was she a voice of peace exactly? According to many in Pakistan she was just as power hungry as Musharraf and also had many allegations of corruption against her when she went into exile. (Continued…)
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