tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392211719163936358.post-725606631869877372007-12-29T15:22:00.000Z2007-12-29T16:28:58.009Z2007-12-29T16:28:58.009ZI hope Benazir Bhutto enjoyed life. I hope that she had plenty of private vices, and overindulged whenever possible. I hope that her riches, gained through fair means or foul, were used for her own pleasure, with no regard for her future health.<br /><br />I wish this for her as she was obviously never going to live until old age. Her determination to be a martyr was clear for all to see, an ambition she finally realised last Thursday at the hands of either al-Qaeda or a more sinister assassin. <br /><br />She must have known that her frequent public appearances were inviting attempts on her life, and that the odds against her survival were diminishing with every rally. Brave or stupid, or both? Brave to face the gunmen and bombers maybe. But otherwise stupid. Really stupid.<br /><br />Stupid to believe that her martyrdom would help the country and people that she constantly proclaimed to love. Stupid to believe that the democratic cause would be furthered by her death. To die for a cause may be noble, but in Bhutto's case it was a selfish act - an act from which no one will benefit.Charles Lettermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12154962418772628193noreply@blogger.com3