Comments on: Whodunnit? http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/12/whodunnit/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:35:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: hapa http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/12/whodunnit/#comment-23025 hapa Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:19:46 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/12/whodunnit/#comment-23025 eeeeeeh! a voice from the grave! eeeeeeh! a voice from the grave!

]]> By: hibiscus http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/12/whodunnit/#comment-23024 hibiscus Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:18:49 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/12/whodunnit/#comment-23024 not the ex-cricketer? not the ex-cricketer?

]]> By: Saheli http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/12/whodunnit/#comment-22670 Saheli Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:23:43 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/12/whodunnit/#comment-22670 Actually, it looks like it's supposed to be her 19-year-old son. Actually, it looks like it’s supposed to be her 19-year-old son.

]]> By: saurabh http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/12/whodunnit/#comment-22657 saurabh Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:33:05 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/12/whodunnit/#comment-22657 Sure - al-Qaeda is a meaningless moniker, I'm merely using it as an umbrella term for the whole jihadist set. It's telling that easily half of the commentary on the assassination from ordinary folks that I've read is tempered with disclaimers about Bhutto's inadequacies. What's even worse is that now, the savior of Pakistan and the hope of democracy is supposed to be Nawaz Sharif? Or maybe Zardari? It seems like a sad joke. Sure - al-Qaeda is a meaningless moniker, I’m merely using it as an umbrella term for the whole jihadist set.

It’s telling that easily half of the commentary on the assassination from ordinary folks that I’ve read is tempered with disclaimers about Bhutto’s inadequacies. What’s even worse is that now, the savior of Pakistan and the hope of democracy is supposed to be Nawaz Sharif? Or maybe Zardari? It seems like a sad joke.

]]> By: Saheli http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/12/whodunnit/#comment-22587 Saheli Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:59:32 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/2007/12/whodunnit/#comment-22587 Forget the ISI; Bhutto's family and the rest of them raised generations of Pakistanis with the idea that their noblest national goal should be the "freeing" of Kashmir---making it all the easier to kleptocrat away the resources of a nation with enormous development potential. With so many wannabe shaheed and no jobs or freedom, is it any surprise that the Taliban prospered and grew in Pakistan? It doesn't have to be AQ, it can be any of the other ISI-abetted groups---Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-Mohamed, whathave you. So sad that the once bustling home of progressive Islamic theology has been reduced to this. For all Benazir's kleptocratic tendencies, I can't help but shudder at the thought of her 14-year old kid getting the horrible news. And a pox on Indians who would celebrate Pakistan's misfortune---until Pakistan settles into a steady trajectory of development and democracy, India will never truly prosper. Forget the ISI; Bhutto’s family and the rest of them raised generations of Pakistanis with the idea that their noblest national goal should be the “freeing” of Kashmir—making it all the easier to kleptocrat away the resources of a nation with enormous development potential. With so many wannabe shaheed and no jobs or freedom, is it any surprise that the Taliban prospered and grew in Pakistan? It doesn’t have to be AQ, it can be any of the other ISI-abetted groups—Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-Mohamed, whathave you. So sad that the once bustling home of progressive Islamic theology has been reduced to this. For all Benazir’s kleptocratic tendencies, I can’t help but shudder at the thought of her 14-year old kid getting the horrible news.

And a pox on Indians who would celebrate Pakistan’s misfortune—until Pakistan settles into a steady trajectory of development and democracy, India will never truly prosper.

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