tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13576198.post5524332281389150348..comments2023-09-05T05:20:50.393-04:00Comments on second americano: no expertUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13576198.post-1326620199941576152008-01-02T23:41:00.000-05:002008-01-02T23:41:00.000-05:00Now was that so hard? Not an expert? After that ...Now was that so hard? Not an expert? After that post, I'm glad to have "called you out." (Hey, it's not that long ago that Pakistan and India weren't even different countries. You've absorbed more useful "non-expert" information in your pinkies than the NYT manages to communicate on a good day.)<BR/><BR/>Although I focused on the sensationalist "Who shot J.R." angle at FFB, I'm actually much more interested in the angle you raised: what happens now to the democracy movement in Pakistan? From a distance I'd been skeptical of Bhutto's bona fides too--the corruption charges seemed serious. But who can take her place? I know her party isn't the only one in the game, but her populist cred put her in a unique position to challenge Musharraf, corruption be damned. Can the politics of her death possibly help any other pro-dem parties, or only her own? <BR/><BR/>Also, did I detect an implied sympathy to the General in this post? There was a report after I posted at TPM (via McClatchy) that BB was going to meet the ay she died with US congressmen to reveal evidence of an ISI plot to steal the election. Does that seem credible? And does it change your calculation of PM's interests at all?tenaciousmcdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017631367821997948noreply@blogger.com