Saint Or Sinner?

Generally speaking, Pakistani`s operate in the digital world. Our opinions, passions and judgements are often boolean in nature. We rarely look at `` shades of Grey`` - It is either black or white. IN that context, Bhutto was complex personality, a reflection of the paradoxical society he led and a victim of of his own excesses
and our collective stupidity.

The sad part is that our collective stupidity has yet to learn from the cumulative experiences of absolutism - whether in a democratic or an autocratic setup. We still adhere to personalities
much like flies to cow dung, In stark contrast we
see the development of strong institutions in the West, which collectively keep their leadership in check.

IN the Darwinian sense, we are still chimps, - we
have missed the point altogether, Bhutto was as much a culprit of our making as he was a victim
of circumstance. Rather than anaylizing the man on his actions and looking into his stance on issues,- the good the bad and the ugly we are quick to label and judge him, because in our
``Forrest Gump`` models - we lack both the maturity
and intellectual depth to anaylize his life and times in the proper perspective and condemn his transgressions against his fellow counttrymen.

Bhutto`s enigmatic and erratic personality is as much a reflection of our collective consciousness as a people and our failure as a nation.

I would like to draw your attention to a recent interview done on BB (in which she was defending her money abroad) in which she said that she always had money abroad and thats how she paid for her education in UK and USA.

So I think your statement that Bhutto Senior brought money in only is not correct. He did take money out also.

Amin.

Zulfi Bhutto was the mad genius whose last and ever-lasting `gift` was far more destructive than the sum total of all his crimes against the country that once had a hope.

This final `gift` of that ``evil scientist`` Bhutto, of course, was his very own Frankenstein Monster : General Zina-ul-Haq. The monster did what monsters do: He killed his creator and destoryed the village, until finally, somehow, someone got rid of the monster. Thank you Zulfi, that was one hell of a stroke of genius!

...SR

Zulfiqar Bhutto was a traitor who compromised on national interests to gain power. It is easy to turn a blind eye but an objective study of history reveals the role Bhutto played during the East Pakistan crisis. He could have played a positive role by supporting the transfer of power to the Bengalis, yet he threatened civil unrest in West Pakistan whenever a possibility arose to salvage the situation. He played a deplorable power game so that he could be the Prime Minister even if it meant the break up of the country.
Lets hope we never have a leader like him.