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Everytime I see Bhutto's son make a statement about his new role in the PPP, I have to fight off tears.

He's 19!

It's so incredibly fucked up I can't even process it.

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[mme-furiosa.livejournal.com]

I have been gracefully holding my tongue for as long as has been possible, but no more. Why is it so difficult for everyone to look past the physically beautiful veneer of the Bhutto family to recognize the outrageously overt corruption of their governments?

If anyone needs to be crying right now, it is Western politicians for having lost their only reasonable chance of a media-friendly ally in Pakistan. Perhaps the nation of Pakistan should be crying for having lost their best chance of a democratic government, which was a sorry excuse for a chance to begin with.

I am all for female governance, but Bhutto was NOT a good leader, nor was the dynasty she represented. We have got to look past gender and beauty and acknowledge the political facts at hand here.