Joel Mowbray  Should diplomacy fail, the Israeli leader most
likely to strike Iran's nuclear facilities would be Netanyahu.
Assuming he does—and does so successfully—he would prevent Obama
from becoming the president who allowed a nuclear Iran.  While
Netanyahu is the leader most likely to use military force
against Iran, he is also the one best positioned to make
meaningful gains in the direction of peace with the
Palestinians. It would not be because of the oft-stated theory
that it takes someone from the right to make peace, but rather
because Netanyahu is the only figure offering new ideas.
"Netanyahu does believe in the peace process," says Ron Dermer,
a senior adviser to the Netanyahu campaign. "What he has said is
that the top-down approach has not worked, and he wants to try
building Palestinian society from the bottom-up." This would
entail finally addressing the indoctrination of Palestinian
society in the media and in the textbooks, as well as helping
the Palestinians create a better daily life th