Sultan Knish: Sharon seeking to Become Dictator

Sultan Knish is claiming that Sharon is seeking to become a dictator, but his standards for evidence seem a little low. One of his arguments is that "dictatorship is the norm and democracy the exception, particularly in the middle east." Another argument is that someone wrote a biography entitled "Sharon: an Israeli Caesar." Boy, will that be an apt title if he becomes a dictator! Just in case someone objects that the more serious arguments come later, here is a sample:

Now Sharon has proceeded to his next step, the destruction of the two major political parties and the creation of his own ruling party. While his departure has been described as a split in the Likud, it is actually a split in both Likud and Labor. Something that Sharon had always planned on and worked to bring about. With both parties broken, Sharon will create a ruling party much as Putin has done in Russia. Those from the left and right who have joined Sharon's party will be tossed away the moment they cease to be of use. The outcome will be a party ruled by and answerable to Sharon alone, all but eliminating the legislative branch as a meaningfull force. The end result is tyranny.

So OK, let's give the good Sultan points for a laudable concern with preserving democracy and note that a more tentative and frankly speculative tone would have made this an interesting "here is one way of seeing things" post instead of the Birchy thing it unfortunately comes across as.