Starve 'em out

Mike Whitney on the apparent policy of the US, EU, and Israel towards the Palestinians:

Politics is a murky business which rarely presents clear moral choices. That’s what makes the humanitarian crisis in Palestine so exceptional; there is no gray-area whatsoever. The withholding of food, medical supplies and resources is manifestly immoral, and those who support that policy, even by their silence, are participating in a grave injustice.

...39 years of occupation has finally deteriorated into an all-out assault of the basic means of Palestinian survival. There’s no chance of a negotiated settlement with people who are willing to use food and medicine as weapons of political coercion.

The US and Israel are determined to achieve their narrow objectives even if it means sacrificing the lives countless women and children. This isn’t policy; its barbarism.

One would think that a media that has reported on the "Bush doctrine" of spreading democracy without breaking into laughter would follow up on how it's playing out.

In this case, since a brutalized citizenry has voted in the wrong leaders, the US and its allies have then taken it upon themselves to punish said citizens for their unfortunate choice by essentially starving and strangling them.

Again, one would think there's a lesson to be found here.