Sunday, February 5, 2023

I Will Remember Pervez Musharraf For Blaming Benazir Bhutto For Her Assassination


Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf passed away today in Dubai at the age of 79

The former leader of the Pakistani military came to power when he overthrew Nawaz Sharif in a coup in 1999. He was ostensibly an ally in the War on Terror following the attacks of September 11, 2001. However, Musharraf repeatedly denied Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan when it was exactly where he had been all along. 

But when I think of Musharraf, I think of his cruelty towards former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto following her assassination in December 2007. In an interview with 60 Minutes in February 2008, Musharraf blamed Bhutto for her own assassination. "For standing up outside the car, I think it was she to blame alone -- nobody else. Responsibility is hers," said Musharraf as if the people who detonated the bomb and fired the bullets and, above all else, ordered her assassination bear no responsibility. Musharraf resigned his office later that year to avoid impeachment and went into exile.



Perhaps today marks the beginning of Musharraf's eternal punishment. 

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