She didn't actually have an amazing track record herself, being sacked twice for corruption.
That said, I've got to admire her (perhaps foolhardy) courage. It can't easy for a woman to be leading politician in a Muslim country at the best of times.
It also reminds me (with my psychologist beard on) of the perspective that views society of something people create and are trapped within unable to escape. She could have lived out her days in relative comfort in exile, but was too involved with the political process in the country (going back to her father running it) to walk away and returned knowing the risk.
On the upside, an assassination like this is likely to cause a massive sympathy vote for her party, which should hopefully get rid of their current leader.
"It can't easy for a woman to be leading politician in a Muslim country at the best of times."
Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia do it just fine.
"which should hopefully get rid of their current leader."
Maybe I'm being silly, here, but I quite like Musharraf. In all my time living there, he's never done anything that really upset me, which is more than I can say for most politicians.
My take was that Musharrf is all about the stability - trying to keep Pakistan as the police secular and at least with him you know he's a dictator. I also don't think he's stupid enough to assassinate his political enemies so openly. Hopefully he will call for a delay to the elections and his immediate gift of releasing the curfews are a good sign that he wants to keep order through carrot not stick right now.
Either way its a bad sign. A theocratic slide in Pakistan could spell trouble. Especially considering we still haven't finished the war in Helmand Province.
Its a sad loss. Especially for those that saw her as a champion. But she was a political figure- I think the loss of those 20 innocents who happened to be next to her at the time are a greater sadness, as will be anyone who dies in the turmoil that may follow.
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Snort.
Sure she was.
I'm not saying I'm glad she's dead, or anything, but I wouldn't say her death is more of a profound loss than, well, anyone else's.
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It's sad, and I get your point, but... very little impact. Sorry.
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That said, I've got to admire her (perhaps foolhardy) courage. It can't easy for a woman to be leading politician in a Muslim country at the best of times.
It also reminds me (with my psychologist beard on) of the perspective that views society of something people create and are trapped within unable to escape. She could have lived out her days in relative comfort in exile, but was too involved with the political process in the country (going back to her father running it) to walk away and returned knowing the risk.
On the upside, an assassination like this is likely to cause a massive sympathy vote for her party, which should hopefully get rid of their current leader.
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Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia do it just fine.
"which should hopefully get rid of their current leader."
Maybe I'm being silly, here, but I quite like Musharraf. In all my time living there, he's never done anything that really upset me, which is more than I can say for most politicians.
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Either way its a bad sign. A theocratic slide in Pakistan could spell trouble. Especially considering we still haven't finished the war in Helmand Province.
Its a sad loss. Especially for those that saw her as a champion. But she was a political figure- I think the loss of those 20 innocents who happened to be next to her at the time are a greater sadness, as will be anyone who dies in the turmoil that may follow.
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