This crap going on over in Pakistan is making me a little nervous these days. I've done a good deal of reading in news outlets outside the US and it's getting more interesting by the moment tonight.
Instead of referring you to the ill-written ASSociated Press stories, here's a link to
Pakistani police have surrounded the Islamabad home of Benazir Bhutto ahead of her planned rally in Rawalpindi against emergency rule.
Sherry Rehman, a Bhutto party spokeswoman, said although the former prime minister was not officially under house arrest, police were blocking all movement in and out.
"It's virtual house arrest," she said.
Tariq Aziz, the information minister, however, said the former prime minister has not been formally placed under house arrest.
But "we will not allow any leader to carry out any rally. The law is equal for everybody and anyone violating it will be dealt with accordingly", he said.
A senior official said police had cordoned off Bhutto's only for her protection.
But other officials said she would be stopped if she tried to attend the rally, due to begin in Rawalpindi near Islamabad at 1pm (0800 GMT).
"She's free to go anywhere but if she tries to go to the rally she'll be stopped," said a government official who declined to be identified.
A senior police official said an order placing Bhutto under house arrest had been prepared.
I can't offer any glib insight or answers here except to worry, but when I first started reading these stories I thought about how different things would be if this guy were in charge:
(That's Bluto...played by John Belushi in the movie "Animal House.")
Instead of this woman:
(That's former pakistani Prime Minister Bhutto)
Just call me sexist, I guess.
I can't help but wonder if we haven't laid down with the wrong dog there by backing this Musharraf character.
One would hope that he knows better what to do than our own president and most of all the clowns in our US Congress, but then again, taking the steps that he has--suspending the constitution and locking up all of the lawyers--could be considered a bit extreme (no matter how much you dislike lawyers.)
Regardless of the outcome, of course 51% of the folks in Washington DC and 94% of the lamestream media will assert that it's all George Bush's and his maniacal VP's fault.
Right?
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