Comments on: Benazir Bhutto’s Disappointing Last Testament

By: BArbara Karski

BArbara Karski — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:33:34 +0000

I just found the page on which she states many things she repealed from Zia – P. 198 It begins with the paragraph “In my first days in office, I honored my commitments to the people of Pakistan.” And specifically further down she writes “I lifted the ban on student and labor unions that had been imposed by the Zia military juntas etc.”
Of course I’m not a student of this just reviewing for my Radcliffe book group.

Hope this is something that will help you.

By: BArbara Karski

BArbara Karski — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:15:50 +0000

I differ with you ona few things in Bhutto’s book Reconciliation but specifically on p. 187 about Zia-ul-Haq she says this about her father making him army chief of staff and the consequences it would incur.
“In March 1976 my father elevated General Zia-ul-Haq to army chief of staff, jumping over several more senior officers. IT WOULD PROVE TO BE A TRAGIC MISTAKE. Although Zia was personally religious, my father did not see this as a problem. One could be a pious person, he felt, without letting religion interfere in the politics of the country. My father did not know of General Zia’s connections with Maulana Maudoodi of the Jamaat-i-Islami. Later General Zia would make the works of Maudoodi compulsory reading in the armed forces. The professional armed forces changed into one influenced by the politics of religion.
Maybe she should have gone on to explain it more to your way of thinking but I definitely got the idea. Maybe you skipped over this as well as some other things that I felt were inaccurate but then we all have our subjective ways of looking at things and one look you could have is the article by Joan Smith:Bhutto was silenced for being visible and modern. I’m also appalled at the view taken by the US and many around the world at how little they know about who is running the country and how much money they have given to the wrong people who must be laughing up their sleeves. Take another look at the book and digest it. Benazir tried very hard to get some facts across.
Thank you for reading this.
Barbara Karski

By: akmal

akmal — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:40:25 +0000

v good

By: Jim Rockford

Jim Rockford — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:23:24 +0000

Muslims are “nihilistic monsters” because of the fundamental nature of Muslim society — polygamy.

Polygamy creates a few “big men” who “win” by taking all the women, and every other man loses. Denied a wife of his own and family. This is why the tribalism, factionalism, nihilism, destruction, and total social failure of Muslim societies (no scientific, artistic, technical, or other innovations) have stayed from say, the Mongol invasions of 1200 or so to this day.

The horrible treatment of women, the violence inherent in family relations, the “we love death more than you love life,” the 72 virgins in paradise for Jihadis, on and on all relate to polygamy.

Let’s be honest. Muslim society will be filled with violence caused by brutal competition for women among men. Losers turned outwards as much as possible to create misery for other societies. No cooperation possible for the type of civil society needed to create companies like Honda or Apple Computer, medical breakthroughs, or even basic science. Instead Muslim societies offer … cousin marriage.

The dictators likely have a point. Polygamy makes Muslims societies so violence prone that the best the West can hope for is a Shah, Musharraf, or Mubarak in preference to Hamas, Hezbollah, Khomeni, or Osama.

By: Kirk Parker

Kirk Parker — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:15:40 +0000

Indeed a thoughful review. It sounds like the reviewer is qualified (in thought and viewpoint, if not yet in actual foreign-policy experience) to write the book he wishes Ms. Bhutto
had done. I look forward its release!

I’d also look forward to the time when Mr. Eteraz, or someone like him, is the MSM’s “go-to guy” for questions on Islam, instead of the folks at CAIR. Such a book could help further that…

By: irving karchmar

irving karchmar — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:29:25 +0000

A really excellent and thoughtful review Thank you.