If we and the Europeans cut off aid, and Israel refuses to remit to the Palestinians the taxes they collect, the Palestinians will be put through hell for voting the wrong way. The Arabs will call us hypocrites who believe in elections only if they produce the results we demand.
Of course we believe in the election. That's why we are cutting the funding.
But, I suspect Bush will back down due to pressure from the State Department who will make these same arguments as Buchanan about it hurting the Palestinians, causing us to lose infoluence etc...
Ping!
Gee....we won't cut off aid if they want to live in PEACE! duh! They've already declared their intentions. Just because they go to vote doesn't absolve of the the responsiblity that comes to them with voting.
They chose continued war ... THAT IS NOT BUSH'S FAULT...all we did was let them choose.
Just because we support the democratic process doesn't mean we have to neccessarily support the regime that results from that process.
Didn't the European Union force a Nazi-like Austrian President from power a few years ago? I guess they are neo-cons too.