dianavan,

"...and what gives us the right to starve the people of Korea. They aren't any threat to me or to anyone else. When a country needs food and medicine, why should we cut them off economically just because we don't agree with their politics."

WE did not cut them off- THEY choose to withdraw from the agreements to stop development of nuclear weapons in exchange for food, supplies, and NUCLEAR power technology.

"Besides that, it is obviously is not working. "

And we have not yet started to enforce sanctions against them, so...




"Everyone has a right to defend themselves."

You forgot YOUR implied addition of "EXCEPT the US."