What is the point of "diplomatic protests" and "expressions of concern", following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, if just a few days after her body has been buried, Pakistan is rewarded by the USA with a huge sale of state of the art Fighter Planes?
"LOCKHEED Martin Corp (LMT.N) was awarded a $US498.2 million ($569.53 million) contract to supply F-16 aircraft to Pakistan, as Pakistani officials mulled whether to go ahead with a January 8 election after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto."
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22993882-1702,00.html
"The United States strongly condemns this cowardly act by murderous extremists who are trying to undermine Pakistan's democracy," President Bush said in a brief statement at his Crawford, Tex., ranch.
Yeah, right.
Cheap words, George, not worth anything, when you follow it up with a huge arms contract.
Bush is a f...ing hypocrite. But we probably knew that, before.
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Tuesday, 1 January 2008
Friday, 28 December 2007
At least we don't assassinate our politicians.
Whatever misgivings I may have about the Australian political system, we don't do what the Pakistanis do to their politicians. Nor should we. (There have been two attempted assassinations here.)
Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated after having addressed a political rally. She was shot, and then the assassin apparently blew himself up, killing a further group of people. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the assassination at the time of writing this - but as the ABC Radio cutely put it: "All sides are blaming terrorists".
Just who are the terrorists in Pakistan?
The Government?
The military? (Remember the recent history of the President Musharraf?)
Supporters of former President, now Opposition Leader, Nawaz Sharif?
Islamic extremists?
And let us not forget "outside forces" which have propped up the illegal and corrupt regimes.
Benazir Bhutto might have been a corrupt politician, but she did not deserve to die like that.
There is a fine obituary in The Guardian
Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated after having addressed a political rally. She was shot, and then the assassin apparently blew himself up, killing a further group of people. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the assassination at the time of writing this - but as the ABC Radio cutely put it: "All sides are blaming terrorists".Just who are the terrorists in Pakistan?
The Government?
The military? (Remember the recent history of the President Musharraf?)
Supporters of former President, now Opposition Leader, Nawaz Sharif?
Islamic extremists?
And let us not forget "outside forces" which have propped up the illegal and corrupt regimes.
Benazir Bhutto might have been a corrupt politician, but she did not deserve to die like that.
There is a fine obituary in The Guardian
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