Israel's main labor union began a general strike today, shutting airports, government offices, the stock exchange and parts of some hospitals due to treatment of nonunion contract workers. Netanyahu's sabre rattling is an effort to distract the people of Israel from his domestic crises (http://www.dailykos.com/...). The same is true of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran whose internal political and economic problems are mounting (http://www.cnn.com/...). Both these demagogs are not only endangering their own people but are driving the world to a regional war that will derail democracy in the area.