Who's The Dumb One?
This YouTube and assorted photos from the shot have been whipping around the Internet, which purports to show the supposed idiocy of Israeli defense minister Amir Peretz. He's so stupid, he can't even tell when he has caps on his binoculars!
I have no idea if Peretz is an idiot or not, but I'm pretty sure he can tell when the binoculars have their lens caps still affixed. It appears to me that these aren't caps at all, but filters to keep sunlight from reflecting off the lenses.
Flashes off of binoculars gives one's position away to the enemy, and filters would keep that from happening, as well as reducing glare in very sunny conditions. If you look closely at the video, those "caps" appear to be some type of fabric, not plastic.
I could be wrong, but I think Peretz can still tell sunlight from dark, and that this incident isn't at all what people think it is.
UPDATE: If this looks familiar, it might be because it happened to Bill Clinton. Read this Snopes entry. (h/t: McGehee)