Bhutto's Deathwish

    In the bedrock of the Muslim psyche, there seems to be an intrinsic death wish.
    Normally, when you hear that a Muslim has been martyred, you think they have died for the sake of their Muslim beliefs. Apparently, in Muslim thinking,  martyrdom extends beyond religion into the political realm.
    After she died on the afternoon of Dec. 29 from gunshot wounds to the head and chest, her lawyer stated: ”The surgeons have confirmed that she has been martyred."
    Something tells me this is what she secretly wanted.
    In her mind, she felt that it was fitting that she should die and join the ranks of her father, her brother and other family members who had died at the hands of their political enemies.
    The danger of death awaited her at every hand.
    Only one day after her return from exile, she narrowly escaped death when a suicide bomber killed 140 others during a parade in Karachi.
     Not only were the supporters of President Musharraf out to get her, but there was al-Qaeda, the tribal political groups who feared a woman as the nation’s leader plus the hundreds of splinter factions who wanted their own candidate up for the coming elections.
     Despite threats on every hand, she rushed headlong into death’s path.
     I think she wanted it. I think she was asking for it.
     These people love death rather than life.