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December 28, 2007
Benazir Bhutto
The sweat was running down his face, the crowed pushing him from side to side, and the dizzying heat made it almost unbearable. he was following the Car and had to keep up with it. The device wrapped around his body felt heavy on him, cutting into his ribs with his every movement. He had to reach the car then he could detonate the bomb, but he was falling behind, he tried to pick up his pace, but it was the crowed the moved him at its own pace. then he saw her figure coming out of the Sunroof of the car, he had a chance now, he pulled the revolver out of his pocket, it seemed it took for ever for his arm to come up, he aimed for her neck, there was silence and he felt that everything around him came to halt, and the deafening silence covered all, he squeezed the trigger, once , twice, and suddenly the noise reached him hurling inside his ear with such a pressure he could not breathe. She fell and there was mayhem, noise, he went for the device and pulled and then there was noise, explosion, pressure, and silence.
The news ticker read, Benazir Bhutto assassinated, she was Fifty Four. Some of us would go where destiny takes us, and some of us cling to our careful lives, waking up every morning of every day, measuring our blood pressure, take our colorful pills and live another day. Benazir had a choice, she could live to be fifty five and even age further, get old, feel her arteries fill up with remains of her living and die in a hospital bed. She could be a has been as we all are mostly but not her. If you are the first born of Zolfaghar Ali Bhutto, and if you are named Benazir(without equal). If you watch you father rise to power, and then see him hanged. If you become the only shining star of your father's legacy, the head of his national party, the hope of millions of people and the hope of a ravaged
Democracy. You can not turn away from your destiny, there is no choice. you are here to serve a purpose, and for Benazir Bhutto that purpose was to honor her duty and die for what she believed in, Democracy.
Binazir Bhuto was born to an Iranian Mother Nosrat and Pakistani father Zolfaghar Ali Bhuto. She was educated at Radcliffe and Oxford. Zolfaghar Ali Bhuto was the founder and the head of Pakistan peoples party (PPP) elected to be the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Bhutto 's government was taken over by General Zia AlHagh, and later he was hanged , charged for corruption. Benazir became the head of her father's party and went on to oppose General Zia AlHagh .She was detained and spent six years in Prison. In 1988 She became the first women to be elected the Prime Minister of an Islamic Country. Her two terms as Prime Minister was tarred by accusations of Corruption by her and her Husband. She left Pakistan and lived in exile for the last nine years. Last year she was approached by Bush Government to help General Musharraf bring Democracy and free election to Pakistan. Once back in Pakistan she pointed and named three high ranking Military officers as the benefactors of Al Qaeda and Fanatic Muslims in Pakistan. She promised to deal with them once she was elected.
Benazi Bhutto delivered a lecture at Fair field university on September 30, 2007. Benazir had condemned the fundamentalist Muslims behind September terrorist attack at a new papers editorial," At this time of crisis, the American people must remember that those who use violence and terrorism the name of Islam are hypocrites. Their goal is to establish theocracies of ignorance that they can control and manipulate for their own political ends,"Ms, Butto reutterated those sentiments again and was hopeful that she could return back to Pakistan to reestablish her party and free election in her country.
The plan had been set in motion long before she returned to her country. Alternative plans, volunteers and alternative volunteers . her demise would serve so many Masters, so many causes, that you could say there was almost a race to make a martyr of her. Taliban, Al qaeda, Warlords of Afghanistan, The Fanatic Muslims of Iran, Syria and Iraq. The perverted merchants of arms through out Europe, Eastern Europe, and Russia, and General Musharraf, the newly elected president of Pakistan. The crowded streets of Rawalpindi was full of protesters chanting, Musharraf, Dog Musharraf. There is already a strong sentiment amongst people to blame Musharraf. I beg to differ. If Benazir elected the prime minister, it would have helped to legitimise Musharraf's regime. Musharraf needed a populist like Benazir to move toward a renewed democracy. He would have such a struggle to look forward to without her. If reelected Benazir was planning to guide her nation toward a more secular society, and put an end to the reign of Religious fanatics and the hate they spew in the Madrases through out Pakistan.
On the home front, there is a feverish attempt by the news Media to blame Musharraf, and George Bush for the death of Benazir. All the presidential Candidates hooking to the band wagon are trying to look as presidential and stern while giving their assessment written by their handlers. Over all her death brings back the Terrorism and Security as the main issue of the campaign again. Bush's success in keeping us safe here , the latest progress in Iraq, and the new assessment by CIA (Iran is not pursuing Nuclear weapons) of Nuclear Iran, had made terrorism and security a lesser issue of the campaign season. Democrats have tried so hard to balance the fields by pushing the environment as the most pertinent issue of the new century. The Financial centers of the world from China to Japan, London and New York were also shaken by the news od Benazir's death. The regional turbulence of Pakistan sharing borders with Afghanistan and Iran, and the emotional fervor of the religion shared by the most countries in this region, and its proximity to all the oil fields of Middle East would only result in higher prices of Oil
bordering at $100 a barrel.
Separated by two continents and the Atlantic Ocean we seem to be safe from all that troubles that region of the world, and we will go on, looking to find a man who can keep us safe in this flat, terrorism infested world. We might have become desensitized to the wars we fight outside our hemisphere, but every tremor , every quiver that unsettles the equilibrium of this lonely planet would find us. Benazir Bhutto has become part of the history but the effect of her demise would be with us for years to come.
Posted by Idinraha at December 28, 2007 11:01 AM