Wednesday, 14 November 2007

The legacy of a Dictator

In his feverish attempts to hold on to power, and to emulate his predecessor, Zia-ul-Haq, Pres.Musharaff forgot one last detail of his dress-for-success rode to dictatorship:

Zia was assassinated.

Yeah, he might have died in a plane crash, but mot post-crash investigation concluded that the plane was sabotaged. Somebody killed him.
Musharaff survived two assassination attempts on him during the early period of his “reign”. Once one lives through death, one feels one can live through anything. This confidence is misleading. One can run, but in today’s world, it is impossible to hide. Musharraff is paving the way to his death. Quite frankly, Zia should have been assassinated long before he wrecked the religious dynamic of Pakistan. I think history has a glaring lesson, and I'm not talking about history repeating itself in quite the same way. It should speed up, no?

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