Hillary Clueless On Pakistan Politics
As clueless as Mike Huckabee is, apparently. She appeared on This Week with George Stephanopoulos (is it really objective journalism to have former Clinton administration officials interviewing…Clintons?) and made a complete fool of herself on Pakistani politics:
As Bryan at Hot Air explains:
The Pakistani People’s Party, or PPP, is a hereditary party. Benazir Bhutto became its leader when her father was executed after conviction in a highly questionable trial (not “assassinated,” as Clinton has said), and upon Bhutto’s assassination, her son took the reins because Bhutto had left the party’s leadership to him in her will. Therefore, there was no choice to be made in the PPP’s leadership. It had been made before Bhutto’s death, because the PPP isn’t democratically run.
Second, Nawaz Sharif can’t run. He’s a convicted felon. His party can participate in elections, but he’s barred from running. Musharraf could have pardoned Sharif as he had pardoned Bhutto in late 2007, but he hadn’t, so according to the law Sharif was barred from standing for election.
Third, even if Bhutto hadn’t been murdered and even if Sharif could run, neither would be on the ballot to replace Pervez Musharraf, who isn’t on any ballot himself. Musharraf was just re-elected to a five-year presidential term back in October. The January 8 elections, which have now been postponed to February 20, were for parliament. Bhutto could have become Prime Minister again. Sharif couldn’t. Neither could have replaced the president, who is Musharraf.
Oddly enough, it’s Hillary’s foreign policy prowess that is cited most often as one of her qualifications for President. Yet, clearly, she hasn’t done her homework.
