Benazir Bhutto's Death

I know nothing about Pakistan, and can't tell you anything important about today's assassination, who did it, or which American politician will benefit and who can be blamed. Andrew Sullivan, however, has it right when he writes:

This world is a darker, more irrational place than we know. And these convulsions will surely continue.

A sentence that has been true since forever, and will remain so, in spite of our fervent wishes otherwise.