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Watching GW Bush on TV today talk about the assassination of Bhutto left me with the impression of a man at the end of his rope. That he has had enough, that he is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. That he is under tremendous pressure and everything just seems to be falling apart no matter what he does.

There is a real problem in America. There is a disconnect with reality. The news media reports disastrous things happening in the world, then it cuts to a commercial for SUV's, telling you about how luxurious they are. American lives are just not touched by the terrible things happening in the world around them. They have fallen asleep and are oblivious to that reality, that is the disconnect with reality.

Watching FOX I got the impression that they are highlighting the chaos and playing on the fear of a world gone mad. Some of th commentators have suggested that we put more pressure on Musharraf to push of Democracy. How unreal is that? Musharraf has a tiger by the tail and is fighting to keep Pakistan from disintegrating.


Watching CNN, they play up the martyrdom of Bhutto as a great democracy loving freedom fighting individual. Their approach is abit calmer. They also tend to blame Musharraf as being a dictator in league with radical islamists, without realizing the enormous pressures on him to maintain some sort of stability in his country.