Thompson on Bhutto and hypocrisy

When I heard what Thompson said about Bhutto's assasination, i couldn't help but notice the hypocrisy of most of his party in this. Here' the quote:
"I think the fact that a secular woman had a chance of ascending to power in Pakistan again as prime minister probably drove the more looney of them to do something like that -- that in of itself. Plus the fact that this reminds us that this is part of a much greater picture - this is a war that we are engaged in and it is an international conflict...Pakistan and other parts of the world are part of this and they are under attack."

Yet in the US his party (and the Dems to some degree, especially of late) constantly tout their religiosity! We want other countries (especially Muslim countries) to have secular progressive leaders and at home Mike Huckabee is competing with Romney to be the "Christian" candidate! Thompson is not Ron Paul with a true understanding of church-state separation and so it is just hypocrisy, but I do wonder if in Muslim countries they hope for a president who is a secularist instead of a Christian in the US?