“When Bhutto’s political career began, India saw the canny and charismatic leader as a secular, liberal opportunity: a prime minister who might bring less religion and less militancy to the Indian-Pakistani dialogue.

But many say that’s not what happened. “She was very directly responsible for the jihad, directly inciting terrorists to intensify terrorism in India,” Ajai Sahni, the executive director of the New Delhi-based Institute for Conflict Management, told ABC News. “I would find it very difficult to find a single element with her relationship to India that is positive and for the betterment of her country or the region.”"

While it is important to be compassionate at such a tragic time, past national leaders also need to be judged and remembered by the actions they took when they were empowered to do so.