After Bhutto.(PAKISTAN)(Benazir Bhutto)

From: National Review | Date: January 28, 2008 | Copyright information

WHEN told by aides that he was indispensable, Charles de Gaulle replied: "The graveyards are full of indispensable men." This melancholy truth has recently been tested by the shocking assassination of Benazir Bhutto, who had been recruited to join with Pakistan's current president (and former military ruler), Pervez Musharraf, in a government that would tackle the country's severe and growing problems:

1. Pakistan is a failing state with nuclear weapons--about "sixty city-busting weapons," according to UPI's Arnaud de Borchgrave.

2. Afghanistan is a failed, corrupt ...

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