[Marxism] Alan Wood on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto

[Charles Brown]

I found this part of Woods's article disquieting. Because aren't "The
dark
forces of counterrevolution in countries like Pakistan" actually the
CIA?
And doesn't a lot of the resistance to the U.S. in Iraq and
Afghanistan
"habitually dress up in the garb of Islamic fundamentalism"? 

Yet my impression was that imperialism was rather favorably disposed
towards
Bhutto, in a "lesser evil" kind of way, given how politically weak
Musharraff (who I thought has been clearly "their boy") had become. I
really
would like to read a fuller explanation from someone who understands
what is
going on there.

That said, given the whole imperialist ideological framework of a war
of
civilizations, and the liberal cover for this as a crusade against
"Islamo-fascism," doesn't that sort of argue against adopting the kind
of
tone and stance implicit in statements like "it was the mullahs,"
especially
in an article addressed to a "Western" audience? Or am I missing
something
here?

Joaquin

^^^^^

CB: I don't know if you are missing anything, but this particular
assassination may have been organized by some of the mullahs, and not
the CIA , since, there seems to be some evidence, as you say,  that the
US (and therefore the CIA) supported Bhutto.