Photo reveals why Israel lost the war with Hezbollah
posted at 10:59 am on February 23, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Taken two days ago during an IDF drill in the Golan Heights. The man on the right? Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz.
The worst part:
The photographer said Peretz raised the capped binoculars three times, nodding as [Lt. Gen. Gabi] Ashkenazi explained what he was “seeing.”
Exit question: Given what’s happening across the border right now, is it time for Peretz to join Rumsfeld in oblivion?
Update: This explains a lot.
Update: Reader James B. e-mails to say he doesn’t think Bush’s binoculars have the lens caps on. Rather, what we’re seeing are anti-reflectors.
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Oh my goodness.
vcferlita on February 23, 2007 at 11:03 AM
Seems to be a common thread in modern executive oversight.
spmat on February 23, 2007 at 11:03 AM
The Hebrew headline literally reads “Peretz is in the Dark” in the newspaper. I believe it was “Yediot”.
WriterMom on February 23, 2007 at 11:09 AM
Classic.
Valiant on February 23, 2007 at 11:14 AM
There was a photo like that with Clinton, too.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on February 23, 2007 at 11:24 AM
Oh dear. To add insult to injury, somebody should have put shoe polish around the eye pieces so he’d have black circles around his eyes when he put the binoculors down.
Dudley Smith on February 23, 2007 at 11:26 AM
There was also one of Dubya. Press photographers love to get that shot almost as much as getting John Ashcroft in front of the bare breasted statue at DOJ.
pistolero on February 23, 2007 at 11:27 AM
Things look pretty bleak.
infidel on February 23, 2007 at 11:28 AM
I’m actually nostalgic now for the days when Dan Quayle was threatening to blow off his own arm with that Soviet RPG. I actually felt much safer then.
saint kansas on February 23, 2007 at 11:38 AM
More interesting would be to know what he was seeing through those capped glasses.
rplat on February 23, 2007 at 11:38 AM
Here;s the clinton one:
http://www.shelleytherepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Clinton.jpg
lorien1973 on February 23, 2007 at 11:45 AM
Snopes covered the photo of President Bush with the binoculars here:
Double Vision
JinxMcHue on February 23, 2007 at 11:48 AM
Here is what he was seeing.
csdeven on February 23, 2007 at 11:56 AM
Sigh….
wtf.
I mean really.
On one side we’ve got the Democrats/Secular-Progressive/Comuno-stalinist-facist/nanny-staters who want to protect us from ourselves BUT NOT THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KILL US.
And on the other side are people like this. Leaders who would give rocks a bad name if we said they were dumb as rocks.
Morons vs. Self-destructive madmen.
What a choice.
Please PLEASE tell me that there’s an “Option C” and that it’s not “none of the above”
I sometimes wonder if the last centurions guarding rome felt the way I do now, as they watched the Germanic tribes invade for the final time? Is this what it’s like to watch the end of a civilization and the rise of a Dark Age?
Jones Zemkophill on February 23, 2007 at 12:03 PM
In the Snopes article, they mention that the photos are still shots, a moment in time. If someone hands you a pair of binos, your first instinct is to put them up to your eyes. In both the Clinton and the Bush shot at the DMZ, they mention that they both put the binos up then quickly took the caps off after they realized their mistake. Of course you can’t see what happened after the photo took place.
My point is that we only have the photographer’s word that the minister kept looking through them. And we all know how honest photographers are…
BohicaTwentyTwo on February 23, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Jones, in defense of ANY politician who has done that, it is a still photo and except for the one about clinton quote above, the politician may have immediately realized his mistake and removed the lens covers.
csdeven on February 23, 2007 at 12:14 PM
Maybe those are the Blue Blocker(tm) version.
eeyore on February 23, 2007 at 12:43 PM
Maybe those are the
BlueJew Blocker(tm) version.eeyore on February 23, 2007 at 12:43 PM
Fix it for ya.
right2bright on February 23, 2007 at 1:09 PM
Well, good thing the Democrats are going to start “defunding” the war, while Iran pumps more and more money into the region to destablize it…….
“Blinky?” “Depends?” “Swimmer?”……..
PinkyBigglesworth on February 23, 2007 at 1:53 PM
The pic could be phony.
JackM on February 23, 2007 at 2:25 PM
I agree with JackM. It looks like someone just photoshopped the left lens cap to the right one. He probably was just using the one eyed monocular version like Moshe Dayan always used.
Texas Mike on February 23, 2007 at 2:36 PM
Looks like liberal binoculars to me, blind to the truth.
Wade on February 23, 2007 at 3:48 PM
The guy on the left is Colonel James Yarbrough, he used to be my Bde Commander back in the day.. Why don’t you shoot him an email and ask?
JasonG on February 23, 2007 at 6:13 PM
Correction he’s Brigadier General James Yarbrough now.
http://www.riley.army.mil/view/article.asp?id=946-2006-07-31-36014-78
JasonG on February 23, 2007 at 6:15 PM
sure would be nice if ALL these bigwigs knew what that “lil strap” was for and used it. I have to agree, everyone has raised a camera or binocs and found the lens cover on, and taking a news photographers word on ANYTHING these days is a dubious proposition
colorfulbeachpersona on February 23, 2007 at 7:14 PM
You guys just don’t get it. Obviously, the jews have perfected x-ray vision!
Kevin M on February 23, 2007 at 7:23 PM
Makes you wonder if Bill ever left the seat up and then snapped a picture after Hillary forgot to look down. Not that I wanna see that, but could you imaging what that would do to her campaign? SPLASH!
- The Cat
P.S. Yes, yes I know I’m twisted.
MirCat on February 23, 2007 at 10:58 PM
http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/binoculars.asp
RightWinged on February 24, 2007 at 3:17 AM
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