An elderly sage

I can't help but join the conspiracy theorists with my own imagining of reactionaries plotting attacks against any foriegn presence to further isolate them and their fellow citizens from the rest of the world.  "For poor people, everything is the same."  Indeed.

Another guest on the show, an elderly sage in a dark blue suit and a bright blue tie, wearing spectacles and speaking with slow, slotting movements of his hand, said that the blaming of one country by another was always counterproductive because, in the end, it took the focus away from domestic troubles. He gave the example of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, which had immediately led to conspiracy theories but was still awaiting a proper inquiry. “When there is confusion,” he said, “the only people who benefit are the miscreants.”