Well no doubt lots of blogs and news articles will be written about this one……..In reality as a born and bred Australian their will be little direct impact of Bhutto’s death here but that doesn’t mean I’m not aware of the impact it will have for Pakistan and on a small scale the world……..in the short term……
Even if you think that the death of such a woman has no effect on you, I would advise you to think again and take note we humans are going to pay for her death and the death of others like her in some unexpected way in the future and it won’t be our generations that pays but most likely (as history has shown us before) many generations down the track.
I personal never agreed with all of Bhutto’s Party Policies nor would I say that I’m a fan of her personally, but I don’t need to like some one to respect them.
I am also aware that I am not a Pakistani and the views and beliefs she represented are not for me to like or dislike ( she never claimed to represent me), but that doesn’t mean I walk around with blinkers on.
The facts are Bhutto was a leader and the sort of leader that Pakistan could do with right now. She had a good domestic and foreign policy, her belief in a fair but strong government system and her want for peace for her people was something that anyone can understand and want.
But perhaps the most outstanding thing about her was she was a strong, determined, principled and not willing to compromise on the core points of her beliefs.
In short a good leader.
Now Pakistan faces an election without one of the major candidates, many days of rioting, deaths and maybe a weaker government (thought I hope this may shock some into action).
But some will still think and say those words that to me sound like the ringing of death bells. These word are of the sort that have sealed the fate of many before me and no doubt many after……
“So, what does it have to do with me!?!”
One of the last times some one spoke those words we were reward with a world war that didn’t just touch one life but millions…….confused?…….don’t be I will explain.
The death of Archduke Ferdinand heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the hands of assassins on a June day in 1914 in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo (ring any bells, it should, funny how history repeats). The assassins were driven by the belief the the death of Archduke Ferdinand would some how lead to the freedom of Serbia and Slavs in general from the grip of Austrian-Hungarian control ( as you can see I, by my account that I think the assassins weren’t correct in there assessment of the situation to say the least, but you can form your own view).
Two months after his and his wife death, the German government and Kaiser grew tried of what they saw as excuses and deliberate lies designed to mislead them and declared war thinking that as well as getting back at the people responsible for the Archduke’s death would also gain control over more land and promise of some colonies (which their expanding empire needed).
Well long story short many million of deaths later, Germany is signing the Treaty of Versailles which would plunge Germany into famine and bankruptcy and lead to the trumpet of war sounding again this time in the guise of Hitler and his Nazis Party.
Both wars would crumble the British Empire and completely crush the Ottoman, Austrian-Hungarian, German Empires and many smaller kingdoms. It would leave Iraq and surrounding countries in chaos and damage or robe all directly and indirectly involved of a generation of young men and women.
Noticing a pattern now, granted the social scientist out there would want me to expand on my short explanation as no doubt you could prattle on for hours on this subject.
Sometimes it only takes the death of one to end the life of many.
The death of Bhutto should be seen not as evidence that war is on the way for all of us but as one of histories little possibilities. The sort of possibilty that the wise kept an eye on.
As for the Pakistani people, chin up, don’t strike back with anger (she wouldn’t have wanted that), stand at peace together.
The Australian- Anger and violence at Bhutto’s death
Reuters – Pakistan’s Bhutto Assassinated
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philiptravers // January 6, 2008 at 3:55 am |
I think you are exercising a right to an opinion with a set of co-ordinates which are your own way of viewing things.In the same week of her assassination,if it was that, many other types of killings took place elsewhere.It could also be assumed ,without establishing the criteria for interconnecting motive,that they are all connected in some way besides the obvious one of being readily reported.Even the number of death of journalists last year could be connected.If Musharraf will not allow a wild goose chase to take place ,re asking direct questions of one of the accused by Bhutto Party will evidence be able to be collected that leaves him ,the accused to not be one of the accused!?There are a number of realities that suggest to me this wasnt a Pakistani organised event which includes its obvious oppurtunism that Musharraf points out rather uncaringly I suggest.Then again that isnt a closed phenomena,because the shooter and the bomber may have been,or they were Pakistani and someone else organised them,in some manner that represents an outcome for Pakistan or Pakistanis which has yet to be determined as evidential motive.Weighing against the oppurtunist approach are Police behaviour at scene beforehand,the real possibility,if anything is real at a tragedy, that it was a planned head up and out…which could mean she or others organised that..or some signal at or around took place to suggest to do so.Were people with her completely trustworthy,as an example of a conditional type of question?And how wise an eye will it be if evidence is inconclusive,and Musharraf accepts whatever the upcoming poll indicates,or other realities which are not possible for me to predict or entirely manifest?.I came off a philosophy of science site on probabilities, heuristics and initial conditions…it seems they all have a part in each other as assessing tools in this death which no matter the cause of death had bullets fired and a bombing.My theory is it is a form of reiterative pincer realities to both control and frighten Pakistan as nation and as peoples,which includes any and all Pakistanis.Which requires applying deadly game theory in a real way,and that stuff means some type of scientific training ,which then becomes another accusative game as relevant mind set to investigate.Which then tends to propogandise,because of say, the reluctance of the Brits to allow Muslims access to science. By his arrogance Musharraf maybe the only one close to the truth,because some sort of connection,even a threat implied is logical to deduce from the killer killers behaviour, and deducing isnt as clever as finding evidences that amount outside of any form of human communications.