According to "w" the Iraq war was supposed to make things better in the Muslim world. After five tragic years of incompetent leadership from this administration the consequences are clear. Pakistan is a nation already coping with a rising terrorist threat and this increased instability only makes the whole area much more dangerous.
Al Qaeda and President Musharraf himself have been blamed for Bhutto's assasination. Regardless, what has transpired is a victory for Osama bin Laden, who called Bhutto a US political puppet. And who stands to gain the most from this unrest in Pakistan? That's right, Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Pakistan has nuclear weapons and would be the grand price Bin Laden has worked for all along. While "w" and Cheney have bankrupted our treasury and depleted our military with the needless illgotten Iraq war they have taken their eye off the real target. No, it's not Iran. It wasn't Iraq or Saddam. It is the nuclear weapons in Pakistan. We have known all along that Bin Laden was hiding on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan but our president has been so distracted in Iraq he has done nothing relative to finding Bin Laden. Now are we any better off seven years after 911? You decide. We have wasted our nations blood and treasure on a fools errand in the sands of Iraq and are worse off for having done it. Let's just pray that the next president has the intellegence and wisdom to conduct our country's security in a more sane and logical manner.