Barney Frank said WHAT?

As a follow up to my last post, in which I was wondering if American Jewish voters fundamentally disagreed with Israeli Jews on the right of Israel to defend itself, we have yesterday's comments from none other than Bumbling Barney Frank:

“Once you have a combat situation and innocent people die, I mean, you know, look at our problems in Afghanistan, and we have an obligation to try and avoid it.”

Innocent people die? Really? It seems pretty obvious from the video that the Israeli soldiers acted in self defense. It was the sixth boat they had boarded that day, and no shots were fired on the other five. Israel has a right to prevent the re-arming of Hamas. That Barney Frank would not understand the dynamic is astonishing. That the Obama administration would not support Israel at the UN is just a disgrace.

Barney Frank is Jewish, which speaks to my profound confusion as to why US Jews support President Obama’s anti-Israel policies. From the standpoint of Obama, his policies regarding Israel are completely consistent with his statements and previous actions. I do not wonder what Obama is doing, he has been clear: Israel is at fault for tensions in the mid-east, and will be punished accordingly. What I don’t understand is why US Jews such as Barney Frank support those policies.

Helen Thomas: Get the hell out of Palestine and go back to Germany & Poland!