Evilly Incompetent or Competently Evil?

This is the eternal question presented to us by the Bush administration.

Today's example: Condi Rice and the State Dept's handling of the Bhutto return and subsequent assassination.

One could make a case this was all just stupid incompetence.

But then again, given that Pakistan is the nexus for al Qaeda/al-CIA-duh and the bogus hunt for Osama bin Laden, it's possible getting Bhutto out of the way was all part of the plan-- to pretend to promote democracy in Pakistan but then not upset the careful balance of intelligence interests there.