Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
....but as a point of strategy, "THE" blockade does not, IMO, usefully advance the policy. Therefore why do it?
If I may, I'll leave it at that.
As I mentioned in a posting on Gaza that I made earlier in the year, I think it was best said by Winnie-the-Pooh:

"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit.

"No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."