A Bhutto Successor? »
Posted By david_nwpa 1 year, 6 months ago in NewsA senior official of Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) told TIME late Saturday that the slain former prime minister's 19-year-old son, Bilawal, will likely be named as her political heir and the new party leader on Sunday.
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david_nwpa1 year, 6 months ago
I would certainly be fearing for my life too. However, he might just bring about reform to an otherwise troubled part of the world. I do not think, however, that US should intervene in the affairs of sovereign Pakistan. I know Georgie may be tempted to send in troops to help quell unrest. However, we must resist, and let their government handle their own domestic problems.
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Poulenc1 year, 6 months ago
No one, I repeat, no one aged nineteen is in a position to lead a movement/political party. (I'm putting aside the notion that the boy would be a figurehead only, directed by others.)
From the physiological POV, one's brain is still developing at that age. And no matter how many confrontations with brute reality, one still needs the perspective and experience that only time provides.
In other words: WHAT?!
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contentmanager1 year, 6 months ago
With the idealistic sixties behind us, I find it hard to believe that the people who were of age in that decade could later doubt that a 19yo could lead an activist revolution. There were several college kids who were thrust into positions of activist leadership and lived up to the ideals of that time.
In the Middle Ages, the average leader was not beyond his thirties, yet no modern-day American would choose a 30yo leader, would they?
The leaders of old were made on the battle fields of the world. And Bhutto's son has lived in the Pakistani battlefield most of his life, watching over his mother solider who was on the front lines.
He might have what it takes. And his father has pledged to stand with him to assist in matters of party leadership.
He may be in a good position to be a great leader. You don't know that he is not.
When you and I look in the mirror we know we would not have been good leaders at 19, but our experience is not reflective of everyone.
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