Benazir Bhutto Visits the Bay Area

Hamidm says Pakistanis are a nation of sheep. So, here is a message for all Pakistanis:

Romair et al,

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Don`t forget that St. Bill Clinton the Good told us that the solution for a bad democracy is more democracy. ;-) So the ``cure`` for Nawaz Sharif`s travesty of a Parliamentary democracy was the Sharia bill. Al HamduLillah, ab to hum sacchay musalmaan bunnaen gay!

That is like saying that the cure for alcoholism is more alcohol!

Now Hamidm would argue that for Pakistan, if democracy is alcoholism, then the Army is crack/PCP. Maybe so if you want to compare Junejo to Zia. But who would seriously argue that the Musharraf government, pathetic though it is in some (many?) ways is the best government we have had for at least the past two decades plus? This is not to sing the virtues of Musharraf but to point out that in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

I agree that Musharraf has been disappointing in quite a few ways but give me a three way race between him, NS and BB, there is no contest.

Just had a discussion with the guy who runs one of the IT sections for NAB. The stuff he told me about Zardari and Benazir makes one sad to be a Pakistani. Thirteen proven off-shore companies. 20,000 pages of documents marking corruption. A conviction in the session and high courts of Switzerland, and pending in the Supreme Court. A conviction on Surrey Estate in all courts of England, after which Surrey estate has been sold.

This guy sat in a court hearing of Zardari, as a witness. He said Zardari`s men openly came and threatened to destroy the familie of one of the other witnesses, right in front of him.

There is a book titled, ``The Sink,`` which highlights all the money laundering that takes place in the world, specifically through Carribean companies and Canada. I asked the author of that book about Benazir. He came out with a charge sheet, which, once again makes one sad to be a Pakistani. He had her name up there with all the lumanaries of African banana republics. He basically validated everything the NAB guy had later said.

He pointed out that Benazir is under a lot of pressure now, because if she is convicted by the final level of courts in Switzerland, she will be wanted in all of the EU. At that point, no one will be inviting her to speak in the Bay area. I am surprised they invite her now.

Anyways, she is, ``democratic,`` ``secular,`` and, ``liberal`` (not to mention the lifetime head of the largest feudal party in Pakistan). So we must all bow down to her and welcome her as a saviour.

If there is a contest between Benazir and Qazi Hussain, I am not voting. But if a gun is held to my head, my vote goes to Qazi Sahib...........

I think Benazir is not only incompetent as a politician but also as a leader and an administrator. She has no vision and offers no hope for the future Pakistan except a chance for herself to be camplacent. I think she has finally convinced herself that she is not the `next best thing`. A person who has no hope for herself cannot have hope for the people who follow her. zardari was the biggest mistake of her life - probably zardari now thinks the same way about her. Anyway, Benazir is just a lost cause now. If she ever becomes a prime minister again she would only make our lives further miserable. There is no hope.

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