How Do You Find Someone Willing to Blow Himself Up

So, if former Pakistani prime minster Benazir Bhutto was killed by a suicide bomber working for current PM Musharraf, as seems likely (considering the previous failed suicide bombing attempt on her life), can someone please explain how it is that a secular military leader is able to inspire someone to blow himself up?

I mean, there's no promise of heaven in dying for the beloved general. No seventy doe-eyed virgins. No automatic entry into paradise for giving your life to advance the agenda of a secular politician. So what kind of person (or people) would give their lives for the sake of Beloved Leader?


Mr. Conspiracy has two theories.


1. That the secular leader has strong ties with religious leaders able to convince some vulnerable member of the flock that dying for Musharraf is the same as dying for Allah. This seems the more likely explanation.


2. However, given the long and sordid history of mind control experiments, MK Ultra, Sirhan Sirhan, etc., it's also possible that the Pakistani secret police is deploying specially trained mind-controlled suicide assassins to take out the opposition. This is the explanation I favor, as it keeps the whole operation "in house."


Either way, this is probably the worst possible thing that could have happened to Pakistan, short of nuclear war. If Musharraf declares martial law and suspends next month's elections, it'll probably lead to civil war in a nuclear state, which can't be a good thing. It makes you wonder why Musharraf would pull a stunt like this, if indeed he did it, as it can only bring about an inglorious end to his career and his life. Why he doesn't take the billions he's already stolen and fly to Argentina while the getting is good, I'll never understand.


In any case, a moderating voice has been forever silenced, as often happens. The good die young while the evil greedy motherfuckers of the world die of old age in their beds.








On Second Thought: I have a third theory. Say you're in the security forces, secret police, whatever. You take some patsy, give him an important mission (kill Bhutto for the sake of Dear Leader) with the promise to protect him afterwards, help him get away, pay him a billion dollars, etc. And to prove your sincerity, you give him a bullet proof vest to wear under his sweater - a vest loaded not with kevlar but C-4. After he's done his business, you press the button and away he goes - lone nut suicide assassin/bomber.

That's easier and cleaner than any religious fanatic/zombie assassin plot. And if I can come up with that plan, you can be pretty sure somebody else already has.