Bibi Netanyahu is now in charge in Israel and the contrast of his style with that of the new U.S. president, Barack Obama, could hardly be more stark.
Unfortunately, as the 1930s showed, tyrants will not give the democracies time to improve their economies before challenging them. The Obama Administration imagines that Iran can be maneuvered into a serious peace agreement that includes giving up development of nuclear weapons. But everything in their past suggests that the Iranian mullahs' word means nothing. They will build nuclear weapons when you are antagonistic and they will build nuclear weapons when you are trying to appease them.
Take your pick. But after either approach, action becomes painfully necessary.
