Shimon Peres will have a mixed legacy when all is said and done. He has done a lot of right and a lot of wrong. He built Israel's army capability from scratch and did a lot of measures both internally and externally, to ensure that Israel would be a strong country. He was on the right wing of the Israeli Left, supporting settlements and is largely responsible for the ones that exist today.
On the wrong side of the equation, he designed Oslo and he supported Gaza disengagement. And now, he is the champion of withdrawal in exchange for peace.
But hold the phone for a second, Shimon Peres is now saying that he was wrong on disengagement!
The sad thing is that as Vice Premier and leader of the second party in Sharon's government (2005), he could have ensured that it wouldn't happen.
Sorry Mr. President. You can't take that one back. An admission of wrong won't suffice. I'm sure you feel bad about Oslo as well but that won't bring back all who died because of it.
I respect a lot of what Shimon Peres has done over a long career. But he has done plenty to piss off the exact amount of people. Largely the cause of why he never won an election outright.
This latest admission won't win him many additional friends.
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