I'm certainly not suggesting harming any Israelis, NicoleC, nor do I give Bush credit for anything at all. But he does have a better position from which to apply leverage, as an incumbant who just wiped out one of Israel's biggest enemies, than any of the Democrats. And none of the Democrats has indicated any interest in furthering the process that Bush, through Colin Powel, has started.

I'm hardly committed to voting for Bush, but I have to admit that I am considering the possibility (for the first time ever) in the absence of any sort of real committment coming from the Democrats, to the process of forming an independent and viable Palestinian state.