Blaming the Victim

A Reuters news article, dated yesterday, begins with the words, "Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf conceded that a gunman may have shot Benazir Bhutto but said the opposition leader exposed herself to danger and bore responsibility for her death, CBS News said on Saturday...." He went on to say that his government provided security to the best of its ability, but we have our doubts about that. A survivor like Musharraf should have known that the last thing he needed was an incident that would destabilize the already shaky political situation in Pakistan, but sadly people do not always act in their best self-interest.