A Little Bit of Frank Analysis

Barney Frank is one of those politicians whose partisanship tends to bother me. That, and the fact that he frequently comes across as angry. But, I'm also telling you here, last night on MSNBC's "Hardball", Congressman Frank nailed it!.....................................................................................................Yes, I'm citing specifically the Congressman's spot-on (in my opinion) analysis of the Israeli blockade controversy. He astutely pointed out that 1) Israel voluntarily gave up Gaza, 2) things there were relatively peaceful until the terrorist organization, Hamas, took over, 3) the blockade isn't an Israeli blockade but an Israeli-Egyptian blockade, 4) if in fact there was something inappropriately done, the Israeli Supreme court will hold such people responsible (Frank quite correctly points out that the Israeli Supreme Court has been much, MUCH, tougher on their government than our supreme court has been on ours), and 5) the Turks should absolutely be ashamed of themselves for their willingness to be pawns of this murderous Hamas..................................................................................................Mr. Frank was also very impressive in his underscoring here of the much larger picture. Yes, blockades sometimes DO hurt people. One no doubt hurt the poor black people of South Africa during the blockade of that wretched regime. And, yes, the destitute masses of North Korea have probably been hurt at various times, too. Does anybody actually think that those blockades were/are unjust?....................................................................................................Speaking of North Korea, did not the government of THAT frigging country (in a significantly less ambiguous situation than the Israeli one) just sink a South Korean vessel AND, in the process, kill 46 people? Where in the hell is/was the outrage for that?....Just not enough interest, apparently.