ASSASSINATED
PAKISTAN ERUPTS
from the Isreali POV:
There is no doubt that Pakistan needs democracy. However, the wrangling between Musharraf, Bhutto, Sharif and former Supreme Court president Iftikhar Chaudhary only strengthens the Taliban and other Islamists who are using the political vacuum to takeover sections of the countryside. This has become apparent in the Swat Valley, a formerly tranquil tourist destination where followers of Fazlullah recently captured the towns of Madayan, Matta and Kwazakhela.
Ultimately, if things continue along this path, the issues of democracy and democratization will become moot, as only one system and one voice is permitted under the Taliban: Islam and the mullahs.
Still, the instant conventional wisdom will say that heavy news coverage of the gun and bomb attack will bolster the arguments of Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), both members of the Armed Services Committee.
Just yesterday, Clinton said in Iowa: “You never know what may happen in some part of the world that will create a real challenge to us here at home, here in Iowa."
Clinton also just unveiled a new ad, which opens with the image of a soldier's empty helmet and the words, "A nation at war."
It casts Clinton as "a leader with a steady hand."
McCain’s supporters see him as the adult in the race – someone who has more than a theoretical grasp of national security.
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