It's pretty hard to assess Benazir Bhutto from here, Dianavan. She's the daughter of Ali Bhutto, a populist leader, democratically elected, who was overthrown by the military. She may or may not have genuinely democratic instincts, but one thing for sure...she does not like the army generals very much! ;-) Once in power, who knows? I suspect that the USA is keeping her in their hand as a possibly useful playing card which they might play to their benefit at some point...rather like Violeta Chamorro was for them down in Nicaragua.

Here is Violeta Chamorro's quite interesting story:

Violeta Chamorro

She was a strong ally of the Sandinista revolution against the dictator Anastasio Somoza. She gradually fell out with the Sandinistas during the next 10 years of their rule in Nicaragua, and ended up running against them in national elections in 1990, with much covert assistance from the USA, and defeated Daniel Ortega. She served one term as president, seems to have done rather well at it, then left politics. Ortega ran for president on the Sandinista ticket unsuccessfully in 1996 and 2001. He then, however, won the national election for the Sandinistas in 2006 and is the current president of Nicaragua.