The Bhutto assassination is al-Qaeda's attempt to replicate its success of February 22, 2006 -- attacking the al-Askari golden dome mosque in Samarra, Iraq.  As in Iraq, the jihadis are attempting to pit factions against each other in hopes of achieving chaos and taking power.  But in Pakistan there are no American forces, immune to the hate, who can, at great cost in blood, grind down the factions and again create order.  The attack in Iraq launched a real sectarian war until the surge ended it.  The nuclear and Afghani consequences make this attack as significant if not more so.Bhutto's people are already blaming the regime as are the jihadis.  This convergence means that suddenly the terrorists' now have the followers of their "greatest fear" following them like the pied piper.There is no sense of moral revulsion on the part of Bhutto's followers for being used by their martyred leader's worst...(Read Full Post)