Israeli Officials: Starve Iranian Civilians

West Should Adopt North Korean Model vis-à-vis Tehran, Hunger In Iran Could Prompt Regime To 'Consider Whether Nuclear Adventure Is Worthwhile', Jerusalem Official Says 

By Attila Somfalvi 
Published: 02.29.12, 20:18 
Courtesy Of "Y-Net News"

Iran's citizens should be starved in order to curb Tehran's nuclear program, officials in Jerusalem said Wednesday ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming trip to Washington.

"North Korea is halting its nuclear program in order to receive aid in food, and this is what should be done with Iran as well," one unnamed official said.

"Suffocating sanctions could lead to a grave economic situation in Iran and to a shortage of food," the source said. "This would force the regime to consider whether the nuclear adventure is worthwhile, while the Persian people have nothing to eat and may rise up as was the case in Syria, Tunisia and other Arab states."

"The Western world led by the United States must implement stifling sanctions at this time already, rather than wait or hesitate," the official said. "In order to suffocate Iran economically and diplomatically and lead the regime there to a hopeless situation, this must be done now, without delay."

My comment:


This will be similar to what the U.S. government did to the Iraqi population when it enforced barbaric sanctions. Starving to death the civilian population will not work, just as it didn't force the Iraqi people to rise up against Saddam Hussein. 


On the contrary, they rallied behind him and grew to loathe America even more. Here is a clip of former secretary of state, Madeleine Albright stating that it was worth killing 500,000 Iraqi children just to enforce the sanctions: 

Madeleine Albright Defends Mass-Murder Of Iraqi Children