[Irontank]

It was hilarious to watch him stumble and bumble about "democracies" in the aftermath of the election.

As always happens in a thread on a Buchanan article...its clear most posters don't read or don't understand the point Buchanan is making. The US already sends billions of dollars in foreign aid to the Palestinians (the wisdom and Constitutionality of that aid...or any foreign aid for that matter...is another matter altogether). Now that Hamas has been chosen by the Palestinians in a democratic election for which the Administration pushed...what happens if we cut foreign aid off? Buchanan believes that:

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

Is Buchanan wrong? Most posters won't bother answering or even thinking about it...too busy calling Buchanan an "anti-Semite", a "bigot", a "lunatic", etc.

[monkeywrench]

Supporting murderers is worse than being a hypocrite. We don't aupport terrorists or countries that harbor such. The hamasidal maniacs in palestine knew that. They made their choice.

[LowCountryJoe]

I know that there's no way that you were able to see my reply before you began posting yours (given the time/date stamp of yours). I am glad you posted your comment because I know that I (or you) would have taken a lot of flak if it was a lone view. So here's my question to you: are we the only two - of a light handful - whom are replying on this thread?

[LowCountryJoe]

Correction: So here's my question to you: are we the only two three - of a light handful of rational people - whom are replying in the reasoned manner that we are on this thread? I see that someone else with a similar view has also posted.

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>>>>>>If we and the Europeans cut off aid.....

Since when was it our job to put The Palestinians on life support, regardless of how they reacted towards us? They have their own say in whether their society functions.

This idea that we have to give aid to other countries is ridiculous. The absence of US aid should not make them suffer, if their own government does it's job.

[elhombrelibre]

It's not fair to call a bigot like Pat a bigot. He's too nuanced to be called what he most certainly is. Pat's for dictators as long as they're our friend; he's for terrorists as long as they're against the Jews; and he thinks Mexicans are not part of the Civilized world. But he's so brilliant we ought to listen to him. What a stinking kook.

[Honestfreedom]

So if Saudi Arabia elected Bin Laden to office should we sit back and take that also?

[Sam Gamgee]

Being half right doesn't make you worth listening to. In fact it makes you suspect of another agenda.