http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/27/101437/75 It seemed to be not so much a question of if, but when.  The date for when became fixed as December 27th, 2007 as <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=4055957&page=1">Benazir Bhutto was pronounced dead, victim of an assassination</a>.  She had just left a political rally in the city of Rawalpindi when she was shot by an assassin who blew himself up.  At least 19 others, mostly members of Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party, also lost their lives in the blast.  Her death, en-us Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:05:21 EST Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:18:01 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/27/101437/75#12 It could end up being good for Pakistan, if it galvanizes the anti-Musharaff forces enough to depose him, or it could be bad, if he manages to hang onto power through massive repression.<p> The way I read it, Musharaff, through the ISI, has been building u Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:18:01 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/27/101437/75#11 <i>This is the problem with democracy</i><p> Your premise is flawed.  Since he wasn't elected (except by a five-to-four vote) Bush is not a product of democracy, so his actions can't be laid at the feet of democracy.<p> Instead, this is a demonstratio Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:16:14 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/27/101437/75#10 To be fair to Romney, that answer is a 100% improvement over Giuliani's response to events like these: NOUN -- VERB  -- 911.  But, yeah, Romney's prescription is a perfect recipe for doing exactly nothing. Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:11:24 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/27/101437/75#9 Considering the man's gone on record making rather Chavez/Musharef-esque comments that the Constitution--or for that matter, <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/12/22/candidates_on_executive_power_a_full_spectrum/">the rule of law</a>- Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:44:43 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/27/101437/75#8 His response to people question whether or not he was qualified enough to lead the US in a world where sensitive foreign policy problems like this are happening: <p> <i>"If the answer for leading the country is someone that has a lot of foreign policy ex Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:21:59 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/27/101437/75#7 Having your President mainly lead in foreign policy and having another figure (elected Chairman of Federal Reserve?) serve as leader in economic matters seems appealing, but changes like that really don't happen under US Constitutional system, and even if Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:23:04 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/27/101437/75#6 <i>Russia was ready to come on board for your War on Terror until you started stationing troops on their borders and threatening them with missile defence systems in their former colonies in eastern Europe. Stop screwing with them and just maybe they'll st Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:36:52 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/27/101437/75#5 It's hardly a surprise that they're rioting in the streets, though one wishes people could find a more constructive outlet for their anger. This is terribly troubling for Pakistan's future. I wish I could say more but as much as we were all expecting this Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:28:27 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/27/101437/75#4 "They think that they will win a global civilization conflict -- some because they drink the 'Muslims are God's Chosen' Kool-aid, others because they see the West as a decadent culture unwilling to defend itself."<p> In other words, Muslim extremists have Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:01:20 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/27/101437/75#3 <i>If Pakistan looked set to be taken over by Muslim extremists, even if US didn't act India almost certainly would. Do these people really want that?</i><p> By now, that answer should be obvious. Some do, but not many. Most are interested in power, and in Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:22:43 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/27/101437/75#2 When Chief Minister Narendra Modi <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/23/asia/23india.php">won reelection</a> to his third term in India's western Gujarat state, some claimed that his political success largely resulted from his <a href="http://www Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:11:19 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/12/27/101437/75#1 Bhutto and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, faced corruption cases in Switzerland, Spain and Britain, as well as in Pakistan, and her personal probity in office was often questioned. Indeed, many say that Bhutto's chief reason to risk herself as she has in P Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:40:04 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/