David Beasley: “Had it not been for the United States, the taxpayers of this country, we would have had mass famine.”

So if you cannot feed your little girl in 2 weeks and the only show in town is a terrorist group, so many men have signed up because they have no other alternative.

we urgently need a political solution to reopen these ports

We need the funds, and we need access. We must have both.

Whether this precarious situation turns into a true global famine depends largely on what the United States, European Union, China and other large and wealthy nations do now.