India, May 6 -- Bilawal Bhutto's threats only reminded of the long, troubling tradition of populist grandstanding that has defined the Bhutto dynasty - rhetoric rich in symbolism, yet often dangerously devoid of responsibility and realism

The chip-of-the-old-block was visible when Bilawal Bhutto thundered theatrically in Urdu (a language that he speaks with a heavy foreign accent and multiple gaffes), "Ya is dariya say hamara paani Sindh mein bahega, Ya Unka Khoon bahega" (Either our water will flow in Indus River, or the blood of Indians).

Chancing on the recent Indo-Pak tensions to flex his so-far-invisible muscles with wind-swept hair and dramatic flailing of arms on the pulpit a la maternal granddad, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Bilawal eli...