A new Israeli poll shows Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party decisively leading Prime Minister Olmert's faltering Kadima unity movement. Disillusionment over the government's handling of the war with Lebanon seems to be driving Israelis to seek new leadership, much as the Iraq War dealt a blow to the GOP in America.
But while America has chosen to retreat from its current aggressive stance in the world, Israel appears headed on a fatefully divergent course. Netanyahu is comparing Iran to 1938 Germany, as a country endeavoring upon a new Holocaust. If his party ascends to power and the Middle East continues to deteriorate, the United States may not enjoy the luxury of choice regarding its current military entanglements.
Others will force the issue for us.
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