As the obsession with "peace processing" has consumed the Obama administration, Iran has marched inexorably forward with its nuclear-weapons program. Indeed, Iran will likely be this week's real winner in New York, exemplified by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaking from the same General Assembly podium just twenty-four hours after the faltering president of the United States.

Netanyahu supporters are a decisive majority of the American public, stretching far beyond the confines of one faith, they can reshape the domestic American debate on Israel and the region. This is critical, since, thanks to Obama, U.S.-Israeli relations are more politically strained than ever before, a public division inevitably providing our adversaries with dangerous opportunities for trouble-making.

The mess in Iraq and turmoil within the Bush administration have helped give Iran leverage in thinking its nuclear program can continue unhindered by the U.S. military.

Weaker nations, whose security America has linked to its own, would pay dearly for the wistful dream of a parliament of man, whichthe United Nations has turned into a mockery.

Even if GDP soars, financial markets might continue behaving in ways that defy the economic data unless stable and democratic governments take root in the Middle East.