This photo, mentioned by Tom Friedman in his column this morning (paid content), strikes me as a perfect metaphor for our world today. The gentleman on the right is the Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, inspecting troops on the Golan Heights. The "vision gaffe" was noted by the BBC.It leads one to wonder: What did Peretz see? Sheer blackness? His own eyeballs? Or that which he had already made up his mind to see? Worth noting, too: apparently no one in the chain of command wanted -- or dared -- to point out the Defense Minister's mistake. Of course, it could never happen here...
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