Pakistan's New Political Crisis

The assissination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has pushed Pakistan into further political turmoil. And the violence that ensued after here death only points to how volatile the situaion has become in this nuclear armed country. The assisination has also left the Bush administration in a bind as it had been trying to push through the democratic process with Benazir Bhutto being the de-factor US backed candidate. Her assisination presents the administration wih very limited options to try and salvage its efforts to put Pakistan on a democratic process. The current situation also calls into question the safety of the nuclear arsenal which Pakistan possesses.