Benazir’s 19 year old son to lead good idea or bad idea?

Bhutto’s son Bilawal has been named the new leader of Pakistan’s People Party, the party that Benazir Bhutto led until her death on Thursday his father and Benazir’s husband Asif Zardari will be co-chairman of the party.

I don’t know how I feel about this decision. On the one hand I understand that Bhuttos have always led the party and they have always been symbols of democracy or the prospect of democracy for the Pakistani people and symbols particularly in developing world politics are extremely crucial to the success of any political party but Bilawal is only 19 years old he has just lost his mother and now he is being thrust into a world that could and ultimately might claim his life is this fair, is this sane?

I understand he wouldn’t be the next Prime Minister of Pakistan but he is still and will always remain a target from those who wish to curtail democracy within Pakistan and herin lies the real issue.

I’m sure his mother and his family have on countless occassions discussed the what ifs and sadly he is currently living the worst case scenario but to ask a 19 year old regardless of how smart he is to navigate the world of politics let alone Pakistani politics even if they are others to guide him is courting catastrophe and he wouldn’t even be allowed to wet his feet properly before having to help his party contest the elections on January 8th. 

And I’m left to wonder what if the worst happens and I do believe it’s possible and Bilawal is also assasinated will one of his younger sisters who are currently 17 an 14 years old will one of them have to assume leadership of the party?

I don’t know what the answer is but I do know that I hope and pray that the security around him and his family is increased so that I will not be talking about the death of yet another Bhutto on my blog.

What Bhutto’s assassination means to me..

As a woman Benazir Bhutto symbolised and represented most of what I hold dear. Courage. Honor. Dignity. And belief in a set of principles (democracy) that if implemented successfully leads to immense benefits for the majority, I’ll even say all of those within any given society.

Her death although coming as no surprise to those familiar with the politics of Pakistan reminds me that sometimes, some of us, must be willing to pay the price for our ideals and that good men and women must stand up to the forces that seek to destroy our societies.

As Edmund Burke said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,”  yesterday a good woman paid the ultimate price to show us that good people everywhere are not afraid and that they are willing to stand up not just here in the West but across the globe in order to bring modernity and prosperity to their countries and the world’s majority.

Benazir was not afraid and we musn’t be either.

they keep on coming..

And now John Mccain has added his statement to the pile..it was just aired on CNN wasn’t really listening but i’m sure you can find it here..

What did I tell you..

It only took Rudy Giuliani a few hours to release a statement on Ms.Benazir Bhutto’s death. He even released a statement before President Bush didn’t see that one coming did we?

Check out his statement here 

Benazir Bhutto assassinated..

Benazir Bhutto the former PM of Pakistan and promising future leader of that muslim nation was assassinated earlier today.

Now I wonder how long it will take a certain presidential nominee to start spinning this tragic event in his favor?