Today I join with the People of Pakistan who have lost a bright flower of freedom to the ravages of tyranny, Benazir Bhutto.
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By: John Moore
Her dreams of uniting Pakistan in freedom were and are opposed by those wishing ill for the Pakistani people and the world.
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By: John Moore
Such ones that will kill her seek to kill the dreams of Pakistanis to be free and have liberty to make their lives and those of their children good and meaningful.
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By: AAMIR QURESHI
She has given her life in the quest for freedom for the people of Pakistan and sought that through just means and just ways, and for such a Patriot killed before us, this benefactor of liberty, all those who keep liberty close to heart mourn at this loss.
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By: John Moore
In such sorrow of fallen Patriot we must grieve and deeply, and then honor the way the fallen had taken so that their banner need never die with them.
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By: John Moore
In that remember that she had never sought revenge, but Justice, and that such that bring unjust death do not deserve hot revenge, but cold Justice so that she will live on by such means.
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By: TARIQ MAHMOOD
That is what she came home to fight for, die for, not just for herself, but for all of Pakistan.
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By: AAMIR QURESHI
Rest In Peace, Benazir Bhutto, we are not worthy of your sacrifice.
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4 comments:
I join with you.
Rose - Even with her problems she represented something far better than *this*. She deserved better as do the people of Pakistan.
May the dream of liberty not die with her.
May she Rest In Peace.
I am not sure my comment took! Darn, it was long and I don't have time to re-write it.
Revka - Yes, blogger ate the comment... I have the exact *same* problem with it, but hate the limitations of other comment systems.
I am doing a Pakistani retrospective to help tease out some inanities we are getting from the political side of things in the US, and that may take me awhile to put together. I recognize the problems that Benazir and her predecessors have in their support of extremism, but they are not the cause OF extremism in Islam in Pakistan. That pressure comes from other sources, but their ceding to such extremism is of no help.
Benazir was a politician, first and foremost, but the problems she had were not caused just by the extremists, although they would end up being the snake that would kill her. The history of the region is far more complex than that, and we must recognize that.
More to come.
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