Post-Bhutto

In the wake of the murder of Ms. Bhutto (RIP), I once again must reflect on a trend I see in Western politics.
Most of the time, non-Western politicians are portrayed as either being infinitely worse than ours (when they kill, maim or oppress their citizens) or much better than ours (when they stand up for what they believe in and possibly killed for it), when the truth is, they're about the same as ours.
Humans are the same the world over, and the same type is attracted to power the world over--the more authoritarian sort. No matter where you go, there will be a few principled politicians (Ron Paul, Aung San Suu Kyi and others), some incredibly corrupt ones (Musharraf, the leadership of Burma, Nixon, Cheney) and the rest are in between (Clinton, Bhutto, etc.)
Of course, politics aside, my condolences go to Ms. Bhutto's family, and most particularly her mother, since this is her fourth or fifth child to die, in addition to her husband.