Benazir Bhutto Assassinated

The news this morning is that Benazir Bhutto has died from gunshot wounds following a rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Pakistan, a nuclear power, is in turmoil.

I am remembering seeing photos of her years ago, when she was a student at Harvard/Radcliffe, relaxing happily in a typical dorm room with roommates, wearing blue jeans. Those were brief moments of peace and normalcy, yet even then she bore a mark of greatness as she avowed her love for Pakistan. She has always been fervently dedicated to her homeland, and to the development of democracy, women's rights, all the peoples' rights, loving Pakistan to the point of this year's seemingly suicidal return from exile to martyrdom there.

There has always been an aura about her of a grand destiny, even at times a sense of sure doom. That doom has arrived. That destiny is unfolding now. Pray for her soul and for the future stability of her beloved country, and ours.