The main problem with sending food is that it will get confiscated by Mugabe and distributed to his cronies. The dispossessed white farmers and the anti-Mugabe MDC WILL be allowed to starve, by Mugabe himself. That's part of his plan, just like old Joe Stalin did to the Ukraine.
Mugabe is practicing Maoist Communism in it's crudest form. His most outspoken supporter seems to be Moammar Khadaffy, and we all know the crowd that he hangs out with. It's not much of a stretch to wonder how much influence Al Quaeda has with this extremely anti-western regime.
I know others will take issue with my position, but if I've ever seen a situation just begging for CIA intervention, this is it. Without some sort of outside support, there is no way to mount an effective internal opposition against this kind of despotism. If nature is allowed to take it's course in the form of mass starvation, I fear that this will be the next Somalia.
Yeah, but we'll FEEL good about ourselves. Mugabe is not stupid, he's just ruthless and understands exactly how stupid we are.