Capitol Hill Blue Forums Hot Topics & Breaking News News Benazir Bhutto killed in bomb blast

You know, it would seem to me that the veracity of Pervez's claim that Islamic terrorists, especially Al Queda, committed this assassination, can easily be put to the test:

Does he now embark on all-out military operations against Al Queda and the rebel territories? If he is serious, then this is the proper course of action.

If he does not do this, than he is essentially complicit in the assassination, if not before (which I suspect is quite likely) then certainly after the fact.

I agree, but for an entirely different reason.

First off, our great and wonderful President has never wanted to inquire about anything or even investigate anything - not even 9/11 - look at all of the arm twisting that took.

I think Hillary is like Mr Bush in that her Administration will be full of shenanigans and cover-ups as well - like a Bush Redux - but only a Democratic one.

I doubt that their differences have led to any serious changes in how US policy is brought about. I frankly cannot think of a time where we can clearly point to A) and say, this was VP Cheney, or B) this was Sec.State Condi's input.

Does he now embark on all-out military operations against Al Queda and the rebel territories? If he is serious, then this is the proper course of action.

The United States strongly condemns this cowardly act by murderous extremists who are trying to undermine Pakistan's democracy. Those who committed this crime must be brought to justice.

Asked about his comment about a wanted poster, he replied, "All I'm doing is remembering when I was a kid. I remember they used to put out there in the Old West wanted posters that said 'Wanted dead or alive.' All I want and America wants him brought to justice. That's what I want."

Presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer later said that a presidential directive barring the U.S. government from engaging in assassination "does not limit the United States' ability to act in its self defense."

President Bush held an emergency meeting of his top foreign policy aides yesterday to discuss the deepening crisis in Pakistan, as administration officials and others explored whether Thursday's assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto marks the beginning of a new Islamic extremist offensive that could spread beyond Pakistan and undermine the U.S. war effort in neighboring Afghanistan.

U.S. officials fear that a renewed campaign by Islamic militants aimed at the Pakistani government, and based along the border with Afghanistan, would complicate U.S. policy in the region by effectively merging the six-year-old war in Afghanistan with Pakistan's growing turbulence.

"The fates of Afghanistan and Pakistan are inextricably tied," said J. Alexander Thier, a former United Nations official in Afghanistan who is now at the U.S. Institute for Peace.

AH yes because if the last few years have shown anything its that using the army heavyhandedly against urban geurillas is a surefire recipie for success.

President Bush held an emergency meeting of his top foreign policy aides yesterday to discuss the deepening crisis in Pakistan, as administration officials and others explored whether Thursday's assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto marks the beginning of a new Islamic extremist offensive that could spread beyond Pakistan and undermine the U.S. war effort in neighboring Afghanistan.

U.S. officials fear that a renewed campaign by Islamic militants aimed at the Pakistani government, and based along the border with Afghanistan, would complicate U.S. policy in the region by effectively merging the six-year-old war in Afghanistan with Pakistan's growing turbulence.