secondshiftreflections: What should be the U.S. Response to the Bhutto Assasination

What should the U.S. do in response to the Bhutto assassination? Unfortunately, our options are limited. President Bush has already renounced the assassination. Following are the options as I see it:

1. Do not undermine Musharraf. Even though he is a dictator, he is the most stable person we have at this time. We have no choice but to continue to help him stabilize the country. Any attempt to undermine him will just throw the country into more chaos.

2. Offer to aid Pakistan in the search for the assassins. Offer Special Forces units to work with Pakistan's military to hunt down and capture the people behind this. If they are caught, give all of the credit to the Pakistan military.

3. Strengthen our alliance with Pakistan by offering to help rebuild areas destroyed by the riots. Make sure most of the work is done by local Pakistanis.

4. Try for a stronger Military alliance with Pakistan. Try to negotiate adding more troops to help the Pakistan Military root out Taliban and Al Queda forces. Of course the military and intelligence agency are probably infiltrated with Taliban and Al Queda, so these agents will need to be rooted out.

5. Encourage Pakistan to keep on with the elections. We should do everything in our power to encourage democracy in Pakistan.

This is my opinion on what needs to be done. Of course you know what they say about opinions...

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