After taking control of Pakistan through a bloodless coup, Musharraf has had to deal with the corrupt vestiges of previous administrations; Bhuttos' being one of them. Musharraf declared martial law just prior to the Pakistani Supreme Courts' decision on the validity of his presidency. No big surprise there, as he had no faith in a court of law justifying a coup. Just how far would this guy go to bring his country out of the dark ages....
2007-12-28 08:36:04 · 5 answers · asked by Richard 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
My gut tells me he's in bed with Al Queda and the Taliban on this one. This was one common interest they could all get behind. Now they can get back to fighting among themselves for the reins in Pakistan now that she's out of the way. Such a sad tragedy for the people of Pakistan.
2007-12-28 08:42:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
First, Pakistan isn't in the Dark Ages. They have many conveniences that modern scociety deems to be advanced, from centralized forms of life support (electricity and water systems), a democratic system of government (however corrupt) and an economy that until recently was considered to be one of the rising economies in the world. It is rated higher than China, Greece and Russia by the World Bank for Ease of Doing Business [1].
Musharraf could be pinpointed at this, but Islamic fundamentalists can also be called into question for this action. Bhuttos' major opposition while in power was the conservative fundamentalist elements in that country, and her return from exile, and previous assasination attempt on her previously were using terrorist style tactics. While Musharraf is a military dictator style leader, similar to Saddam was in Iraq, Bhuttos' goals were extremely to the left of the fundamentalist's doctrine. To have her come back and potentially push for power left the country with a moderate dictator and far right conservatives fighting for power, with the political base of the liberal secular movement Bhuttos supported being leaderless.
With Pakistan having little leadership from the left, and the middle's dictatorship style of leading being in question over the last few months, this benefits the far right in Pakistan far more than the middle. That is why the US has supported Musharraf recently in this, as it is trying to fight against the hard right in that country, preventing it from being a Theocratic government.
2007-12-28 09:00:50 · answer #2 · answered by Christopher T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you have a bit too much confidence in both Musharraf's abilities and intentions. However, I do not believe he was responsible for Bhutto's death. He has just allowed the jihadists to infect too much of the government that he no longer can control things.
2007-12-28 08:44:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I had to lay a bet I'd say good money is on that Musharraf was involved.
2007-12-28 08:43:55 · answer #4 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Al Qaeda proudly admited they did it.
2007-12-28 08:43:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋