Benazir Bhutto, Hero of Democracy Assassinated at 54
December 27th, 2007
Benazir Bhutto, Hero of Democracy Assassinated at 54
Check out this New York Times article about this tremendous woman. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/world/asia/28bhutto.html?ref=world
I am disgusted by the extremism that was executed against Prime Minister Bhutto today. Even more so, I’m disgusted with the way media was presenting this story in the darkness of defeatism in Pakistani democracy. Granted I only listened to NPR coverage of the story in conjunction with BBC (The World) today, but it was disturbing to hear a reporter say that this assassination was sure to keep democracy from moving forward in Pakistan.
I would say quite the opposite. I think that this assassination is a catalyst for true democratic change in the state of Pakistan. Bhutto was fulfilling her mission from God to bring freedom, equality, and unity to the Pakastani people even in the face of personal danger. And like the stoning of Stephen made him the Christian church’s first martyr, Bhutto is a martyr for her God and the cause that she was set on.
I pray that her death is not in vain and that the people of Pakistan will unify and swiftly proceed into an exemplary democracy that will be held in high regard throughout the world.
-JAG
Yet still today, I hear on the BBC World News report that the assassination of Bhutto kills hope of democracy in Pakistan.
There are those who will take the media’s output as truth, and not recognize that it is up to the people of Pakistan as to whether or not they want democracy. It is their revolution to fight for.
-JAG
What is up with the senseless violence in Pakistan over this event? Isn’t this exactly what Bhutto was speaking against at the rally before she was assassinated?
Wouldn’t political demonstrations including peace marches be more effective in showing the difference between those that execute selfish plots vs. those that are selfless?
I suppose I am naive.
-JAG