In today's New York Sun, Daniel Pipes warns that the Bush administration is likely to put pressure on Israel to make concessions if Arafat's successors put on a good show for peace. This - Pipes says - in spite of Bush's "stunning new mandate."
"Stunning?" In what universe is a 51-48 popular margin "stunning?" I suppose it's stunning compared to a defeat in the popular vote and a dubious and narrow win in the electoral college, but "stunning" would be Reagan's defeat of Mondale in 1984.
Days after I was embroiled in a furious debate about Bush's steadfast and principled support for Israel, one of Bush's supporters warns that this support is pretty tenuous after all. You would think that a stunning mandate would make Israel safe for the entire term.
Oh, well.
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