You really don't understand anything going on outside of the borders of the US do you?  Benazir Bhutto's position on Waziristan and Musharraf's acquiescence in her return with that platform actually reinforces the position which Obama took on the subject, she sees the tribal areas as a threat to Pakistan's stability as well as a base of operations for al-Qaeda.  She's got a point.  But Bhutto is a player, though a democratic populist, and was an early supporter of the Taliban in Afghanistan, though apparently for altruistic geopolitical motives.

Her return is a turning point for Pakistan and Musharraf, to be sure, and these historical enemies are now confronting a mutual threat to Pakistan's existence from Islamists.  That these two would be drawn together at this time is an indication of just how serious the situation has become.  Osama bin Laden has recently declared jihad in Pakistan and it has always been the end-game for al-Qaeda.  We will be watching events there very closely in coming months.  I am grateful she has survived this first attempt on her life but suggest it is just as likely to have originated within the Pakistani military establishment as outside of it.

It is nice that you don't even try to hide your sexism. It is good that everyone know that avid supporters of Hillary Clinton are sexist pigs.

I had to fact check you, since you've acquired such a reputation for making things up.

I saw very few negative comments in the diary.  A handful made reference to the allegations of corruption from her previous tenure in Pakistan.  Perhaps this was the most pointed:

What's the alternative though?

Corrupt, incompetent "democratically elected" politicians who rob the country and religious fundamentalists who pretty much want to make anything that could possibly fun illegal.

I hate that we're a dictatorship, but I've lived under the alternatives, and this is the most stable I've seen my country. My city was a battleground during the Bhutto years, with sectarian and ethnic violence tearing it apart. And after she and her husband ran away with half the country's treasury, Sharif came into power and tried to impose some strict Islamic laws in the country and almost started another war with India.

Oh and now the REAL religious fundamentalists want to ban music, dancing, immodesty, immorality, women in the public sphere and anything remotely connected to the West... oh and they support the Taliban, which should make for "stable" foreign policy.

Presumably this comment comes from a Pakistani who has a right to express an opinion regarding her own country.

As for comments "making all sorts of excuses for terrorists"... admit it.  You completely made that up out of nowhere.

As to the point of this diary, I doubt Hillary would deem herself nearly as brave as those two women, and I would agree with her.  You can't compare anything a politician goes through in this country with those two situations, not even close.

Bhutto has also survived two assassination attempts. There will be an election soon, and Bhutton is almost a shoo-in. She's hated by Al-Quaida. She said in public she would welcome U.S. to go into Pakistan to go after terrorists, which is one reason the tension is so high. Remember OXXX's ridiculous rebuke of Musharraf in public several months ago. How can anybody take this Oxxx seriously. I'm livid thinking about this courageous woman, thinking about that empty suit sitting in a comfortable couch making all sorts of ridiculous comments to stir up the trouble in that country.

I honestly think you're trying to turn people off from supporting Hillary.  That's the only conclusion I can draw from this over the top diary and these offensive comments.

Well make sure to let Henny Penny and Chicken Little know...  You don't seem to understand that Bhutto's arrival in Pakistan is the end-point of a successful move to counter the jihadist threat which was far more dangerous before this deal was cut with her.  That this is a vindication, not only for Obama, but for our recent policy along those lines seems obvious.  That the bombing occurred and that she survived it is, if anything, respectively evidence of the accuracy of our assessment and a confirmation of Musharraf's authority and loyalty to the power-sharing strategy.  I think you need to look more closely at this.  Keep your fingers crossed she survives the election and assumes her intended role.

Well, if you say so.  I thought Obama's timely and, once again, prescient comments on Pakistan were pretty compelling evidence that he was not only cognisant of the threat at the time but willing to enter the arena of public debate to focus some attention on it.  Now Bhutto is publicly agreeing with him and coming home to do something about it.  How does this disqualify him, again?  And Hillary is somehow the heroine in all of this?

Really having trouble following you on this one.

I think areyouready's diary, and rhetoric, is based on the assumption that his/her intended audience knows as little about the situation as he/she does, which is apparently next to nothing beyond that Hillary and Benazir Bhutto are women and a bomb went off.