Ron Paul on the Bhutto Assassination

9547says...

Ron Paul's answer is sensible (both politically and morally), but I'm gonna upvote this for another reason:

Poor journalistic standard.

"Wouldn't you be at all concerned, congressman, by a Taleban-like or an Al-Qaeda-like islamic fundamentalist regime taking charge of Pakistan?"

Does this guy even understands the news he reads to the public? Ms Bhutto has been assassinated precisely because of her popularity. Despite running against both the head of state and a former prime minister, she was polling somewhere above 60%. A woman. Not exactly conservatively-dressed and not much pro-Taleban either. And on top of that visibly backed by the ever-unpopular USA. Sixty percent. Her death sparked nation-wide riots. But hey, after that "the Taleban are gonna seize power"! What a woo-woo. Seriously, who gave this guy a press card?

Crosswordssays...

"Wolf 'Leslie' Blitzer is a moron." Agreed.

I really don't see what's so "shocking" about her assassination. Despite her "60%" support a lot of people really hated her, and not just because she was a "champion of democracy". When Bhutto was prime minister of Pakistan she apparently had all kinds of corrupt deals going on, most of them benefiting her husband (who had previously served time in jail for corruption.) Heck her father was hung on corruption charges. I wouldn't go so far as to say we should stop showing support for other governments, but the US needs to have a little more discretion. Right now they'll just pick up any turd from the shit pile and hold it up as a champion of democracy and justice so long as the right words come from its mouth; it doesn't matter what it's actual actions are.

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