Benazir Bhutto: A Profile of Courage

Today a woman who dared stand up against an Islamic State, was assassinated. Although I don't pretend to know much about the life of Benazir Bhutto, I do know that she tried to make changes that were not popular and that would have benefited woman and children in Pakistan. She was the first woman elected Prime Minister in Pakistan and like woman of her type, Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, and Aung San Suu Kyi (also the daughter of a previous political figure), she wanted to make a difference in the lives of her people. She knew that the possibility of her assassination; but she came out of hiding and back to her country to run in an election in a government that has been in constant turmoil. Her assassination does not bode well for the rest of the world either. What would Hillary Clinton have to say about this turn of events, particularly in the midst of her own bid for power? I'm sure we will hear from her and others in the next few days. In mind it's people like Benazir Bhutto that are the most courageous of all because of the tremendous odds they face in trying to make changes in society, particularly when those odds are so stacked against them. At times like these as the New Year is upon us we can only pray that our own people will elect a strong leader that is willing to step up and go against the status quo. Will it happen? Only God knows.