Yes, I just heard and recognized that this will be big news for the next few days, I'm sure.

That pic you put up is a beautiful picture of her. She will be missed by many in her country. So sad that one feels the right to take the life of another.

That's cool you were actually able to meet her in person.

I've been kind of keeping my ear to the ground about this upcoming issue and was very saddened about this tragedy. It will be interesting if Pakistan will be able to loosen it's grip from chaos within.

Thank you for posting this. I woke up this morning to news of her death and it ha shaken me all day.

I was sad to read about this this morning.  I had high hopes for her ability to pull her country out of the downward spiral it's in.

Now that she's gone, I'm not holding out much hope at all for that to happen.  Pakistan is a power keg, and it's not going to take a whole lot for it to blow up (much like Ms Bhuto did yesterday).

It's a shame she was assassinated, but she wasn't a great president. She was utterly corrupt and hopelessly nepotistic. Still, she was better than Musharef so I suppose that counts for something.

the bomb missed her. they had to put 5 bullets in her.

I don't have the same opinion as Cacto as I thought she had a good rein on the factions in Pakistan. But from his point of view, I think she was the far-lesser of some incredibly evil choices Pakistani people had to make. Her death is going to lead to massive destabilisation in the region.

She will be missed by many in her country[/'quote]

What a typically Amero-centric thing to say. So many US citizens think the world revolves around the US and countrys like Pakistan don't figure much in the big picture. Well, just you watch. Bhutto's death is going to have massive repercussion right around the world.

Well is it a true statement or not? Her popularity was fairly high in her country. She will also be very missed by her children left behind. Is that an Amero-centric thing to say as well?

1. I don't think it was Amero-centric, it was a statement of fact.

2. Yes, many citizens do think the world revolves around the US, but that attitude would not be so prevalent if foreigners didn't treat us as it did. EVERY foreigner I've ever encountered has a very strong impression of President Bush (the vast majority strongly against), while many of those same foreigners can't seem to name key memberss of THEIR OWN NATION'S GOVERNMENT (present company, obviously, excluded). When people march in the streets, they don't post the names of Aussie pols or New Zealanders, it's usually the US President or a prominent member of the cabinet that is singled out.

Bhutto's death was a horrible, horrible occurence and will have repurcussions far beyond the borders of Pakistan. Of that, I feel, there is obviously little doubt. But while we in the United States may see the serious implications of the death of someone like Bhutto, we will not "miss" her in the same sense as her countrymen, many of whom worked hard for her return from exile.

Maso, Neil Peart said it well when he wrote

on fox tonight the quest suggested that this was comparable with JFK.

Her popularity was fairly high in her country. She will also be very missed by her children left behind.

Bhutto wasn't 'fairly' popular in her country. She was very popular. And of course she'll be missed by her children. This is not what I said. Why twist it around like this? Clearly, you don't understand just how important and how popular she was right around the world. Otherwise you wouldn't have made the 'missed in her country' statement.

Gid,

Yes, of course, it was a statement of fact but such a statement can also be be viewed as slightly ignorant and almost condescending. It doesn't change that it is a fact. I was in shock when I heard the news and wanted to convey just how much of an effect her death would have on the people of the WORLD, not just her countrymen.