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February 23rd, 2007

Ladies and Gentlemen, Our Defense Minister

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Aussie Dave

That would be him on the right.

Update: I feel a caption contest coming on…

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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.

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10 Responses to “Ladies and Gentlemen, Our Defense Minister”

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    1. The DM exhibiting the magnitude of is vast military expertise from the Motor Pool.

    2. Yes, relax you’re in good hands with Hizbollah on the North, Syria and Egypt beefing up and repositioning its armies.

    3. Where’s “speak no evil” and “hear no evil”?

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    Dave,
    Brendon Nelson looks so different with binoculars!

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    I thought the same thing as everyone else, but an army friend pointed out that Peretz is simply holding night-vision goggles that use a lens-cap-resembling filter for daylight usage.

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    This photo was brought to you by Michael Dukakis.

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    Like I said, Hizbullah has been dealt a severe blow and we sent them to the dark ages…look, not one can be seen.

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    As a former soldier, I can verify that those are NOT night-vision goggles. (Why would he use night-vision in the day?)

    Anyhow the photo and ridicule of Peretz was all over the Israeli press including JPost online.

    Ma’ariv daily labeled its picture, “Seeing black.”

    Newspaper Yediot Aharonot softened the blow by also showing pictures of other leaders looking through capped binoculars US President George W. Bush and former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

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