PLAY the Ehud Barak Game: “If I were ____, I would surely ____”

Ami Kaufman By Ami Kaufman November 17, 2011 | Edit
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak likes to imagine himself in different positions. And I don’t mean that in a kinky way. Yesterday he told Charlie Rose that if he were Iranian he’d probably want the bomb, too.

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In 1998, as many of you recall, Barak told Haartez journalist Gideon Levy that if he had been born Palestinian, he would have joined a terror organization, too.

So, who will Barak imagine to be next? Mexican? Korean? An Ozzie?

Or maybe, he’d like to be something or someone totally different? Maybe he’d like to be Madonna? Or Eddie Murhpy? Or a piece of blue cheese?

Tell ya what – I’ll pitch it over to our readers. This is your chance to show some creativity.

I’ll give it the first go:

Ehud Barak: “If I were Greek, I’d surely be a lazy bum, too.”

Ehud Barak: “If I were Charlie Sheen, I’d surely be wasted by now, too.”

Over to you!

Ami Kaufman

Ami Kaufman was chief night editor for Haaretz, for the prominent Israeli financial daily Calcalist, and correspondent on Israeli affairs for 93.6 RAM FM, a joint Palestinian-Israel radio station. His interest in food and cooking led to culinary studies at the "Israeli CIA" (Tadmor, Herzliya) and a brief stint in the restaurant business. Born in Tel Aviv, Ami lives in Bat Yam with his wife and two daughters. In his spare time he blogs at Half & Half.

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