tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33772570.post8820246675485584073..comments2023-12-28T07:29:18.598-05:00Comments on Hathor - Sekhmet: DynastiesHathorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12657524404057819428noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33772570.post-15785851291947517402008-01-03T17:57:00.000-05:002008-01-03T17:57:00.000-05:00A.I think many Americans are fascinated by royalty...A.<BR/>I think many Americans are fascinated by royalty. <BR/><BR/>If this is a step toward forming a royal family, it is also done on the local level. This past election, our last four mayors' sons were running for city council, two for re-election.<BR/><BR/>Maybe there is some predilection for the familiar or a belief that certain virtues run in families.Hathorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12657524404057819428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33772570.post-62710770801856066092008-01-03T15:31:00.000-05:002008-01-03T15:31:00.000-05:00It seems to me to be a step towards a new form of ...It seems to me to be a step towards a new form of a royal family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33772570.post-33913776018351298022008-01-02T17:22:00.000-05:002008-01-02T17:22:00.000-05:00submariner,Not knowing all the players, I couldn't...submariner,<BR/>Not knowing all the players, I couldn't guess who would emerge, but I do have the feeling the US will not find the kind of ally its wants.<BR/><BR/>mes deux cents,<BR/>I was thinking that Jeb's son will be of age in another eight years. I don't remember what, but there is something in Jeb's background that could readily sink his candidacy.Hathorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12657524404057819428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33772570.post-12572689958403378332008-01-02T00:07:00.000-05:002008-01-02T00:07:00.000-05:00Hi Hathor,I wrote a post about the Bush-Clinton dy...Hi Hathor,<BR/><BR/>I wrote a post about the Bush-Clinton dynasty not too long ago. I agree that is would be unacceptable to continue down this path.<BR/><BR/>And we should not forget that whether Hillary Clinton wins or loses, Jeb Bush is waiting in the wings.Mes Deux Centshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697034868111011343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33772570.post-40678829758884423832007-12-31T18:57:00.000-05:002007-12-31T18:57:00.000-05:00Hathor, thank you for citing my blog entry in the ...Hathor, thank you for citing my blog entry in the links to your post. The January/February 2008 issue of <B>The American Interest</B> has a review article by Phyllis E. Oakley and Robert B. Oakley which asserts that during her term as prime minister Benazir Bhutto enabled A.Q. Khan to trade nuclear enrichment technology with North Korea in exchange for missiles to deliver warheads. They also write that Bhutto's partnership with Jamiat-ul-Ulama-i-Islam, a Pakistani political Islamist organization, gave rise to the Taliban. <BR/><BR/>One thing that the article makes clear is the limits of US power and unforeseen consequences. The Pakistani transaction with North Korea came at a time when the US imposed an embargo on sales of F-16s. Because of what was considered to be a gaping cavity in their conventional defense against India, the Pakistanis pressed assiduously on the nuclear front. <BR/><BR/>Ms. Bhutto's appeal probably had much to do with the fact that she was so nonthreatening. Indeed, she makes a brief cameo in Richard Parker's biography of economist John Kenneth Galbraith as an undergraduate staying with the Galbraiths during the Christmas holidays. Her style was very comforting to Anglophiles. <BR/><BR/>The appointments of Ms. Bhutto's son and husband to the leadership of the PPP is fairly disheartening. But I wonder if Pakistanis see it the way you and I do. In that part of the world tradition and hierarchy based on kinship is entrenched. Maybe her son isn't free to be apolitical or choose another path. Regardless, any legitimacy that the PPP gains will most likely come from a combination of popular support and the assent of other power-holders, namely the military elite of Pakistan.Submarinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537419162844897630noreply@blogger.com