Peres the Blind

[Begin Rant] Sometimes it is just too much.

I understand that people can give lots of rationalizations for why Israel needs to retreat for more territory. Pick your poison: the Arabs deserve the land, it is the right thing to do, Israel needs separation for peace, International pressure, etc. I do not agree with these, but still, those who use such reasoning at least demonstrate that they have put some little bit of thought into their decisions.

And then we have people like Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Among his previous claims to fame are accepting a Nobel Peace Prize alongside Arafat, handing over lots and lots of weapons to the PLO which were subsequently used against Israel, and always being positive that if we just give away a little bit more land, then the true colors of the Arabs will really show through and there will really be peace.

But this one today tops them all (from Arutz Sheva):

In response to the wave of Kassam rockets that have hit Sderot of late, Peres said last week, "Despite the grave results [of the Disengagement from Gaza], which were not what we expected, we must continue [along the same path], because if not, it would have been [or, it would be] even worse."

Excuse me? Can someone please explain this one to me? He is saying here that if Israel had not withdrawn from Gaza last Summer, and still had soldiers standing in the very places where there rockets are being fired from right now, that the rockets would have been worse? And furthermore, since the rockets could have been worse, and we are now getting the easy treatment, this is obviously a sign that withdrawing from land works, and we should try to pursue this further, so that we can get some more easy treatment in the future.

Oy vey.[End Rant]