You're right - whichever way you look at it, Pakistan (and the world) loses out due to this truly tragic incident. The bloodshed that will inevitably prevail from this will be horrendous. Musharraf will continue to squeeze his grip on power and now that Benazir is out of the way, there's little to stop him. Democracy dies and we can look forward to nothing but further carnage brought about by these so-called 'religious' exponents. Whatever happened to 'peace on Earth etc....'?