That is where being a pizza salesman has it's advantages. People will eat anything, even a cardboard pizza, if you yell, "9.99!"
Perry should have just said:
"I favor The Israeli Strategy".
Well, I do wonder about Mr Perry’s methodology from time to time.
I always think, why didn’t he diffuse this by giving “X” simple answer?
A possible answer is that he wants his opponents to misunderestimate him.