Merkel's Message to Hamas - Behave or we cancel our support

Thanks to all of you, people of Germany.

Angela Merkel has laid down the gauntlet to Hamas, recognize Israel or we will cut you off. From der Speigel:

On Sunday, Merkel made clear that unless the Islamists back down from their hard-liner positions, it was "unimaginable" that the Palestinian Authority would continue to be directly funded with EU money. "We'll have to see what the reaction is," she said after meeting interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. "It's important that Hamas understands that we have clear principles."

Wow. George, you don't have to go it alone anymore, Angela's got your back.

All this because the German people sensed that what their media and the Shroeder regime was trying to sell them just didn't smell right.