Friday, November 28, 2008

an unfinished thought

As stressful as it is to think about what I'll do next year when I'm done with school how stressful would it be to be Asif Ali Zardari's kid?

His grandfather, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was the founder of the Pakistani People's Party (PPP). He was Pakistan's Prime Minister before he was chased from office by a military coup and was later hung. His mother, Benazir Bhutto, also chaired the PPP. She was Pakistan's Prime Minister twice, and neither term had great stability. She was twiced dismissed from her seat of Prime Minister after accusations of corruption led to the regime's dissolvement. She was assassinated in late 2007 by al-Qaeda terrorists.

In light of this recent history, wouldn't it be pretty stressful to be Bilawal Bhutto Zardari? He's studying at Oxford now, but upon graduation it's expected that he'll lead the PPP full time. With Pakistan in the mess it is who would want this job? Pakistan seems torn between the problem of fighting Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in its Northern tribal areas, and now also of easing tensions with India. Throw increasing US military incursions in as a factor, and you're left with a volatile, complex, and potentially dangerous state. Good luck youngn!

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