The particular dilemma we face if we were to cut off aid or try to use aid as a means of pressure...there are two problems. One is obviously the humanitarian problem. The second problem is that we've discovered that in the world today we don't have a monopoly on aid. So if we're not present and we decide to pull away, and other western countries decide to pull away, there are a couple of other big countries that will just fill the gap.
One of the dilemmas we have in trying to use leverage is that we're not living in a unipolar world. We're not living in a world where we're the only ones. We're not the only game in town. This is the dilemma we have in Africa right now. We don't have the leverage.
There used to be a competition with the Russians in Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. Now there's a competition with the Chinese. We have to recognize that as a strategic problem for us as we go forward. Simply abandoning the field to the Chinese is a question we have to understand as a dilemma in how we use our leverage to get a better result.
We all want to get a better result. The problem is how we can achieve that. We all believe that promoting democracy is a legitimate thing to do, and arguing for human rights is a legitimate part of our foreign policy--a very important part of our foreign policy. The dilemma always is, how do you do it effectively when we're not living in a world where we're the only ones who can control the outcome?