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The actual meaning of this is difficult to assess. Benazir Bhutto was killed because Islamist militants thought she would make life harder on them; NYTimes writing aside, it's possible that a victory for her party--even in coalition--would be an incredibly good thing for the world.

And, perhaps, it would make it just a little bit less necessary for this sort of thing:

Officials say the incident was a model of how Washington often scores its rare victories these days in the fight against al-Qaeda inside Pakistan's national borders: It acts with assistance from well-paid sympathizers inside the country, but without getting the government's formal permission beforehand.

Then again, I suppose it's possible that Pakistan could deteriorate into a nuclear-fueled cesspool.

Either way, this is a helluva lot more important than Barack Obama borrowing a few lines from other liberal public officials.

But, I guess nobody gets to tell the "professional journalists" what really matters, do they?