Greetings, @meno. Thanks for posting on the situation.
I'm going to rescue this from your post

I'm sure there speculation that the US is doing this for the oil, for access to the resources, is already being put forth, and I'm not stupid enough to rule that out. But, this could be the difference between life and death for people who are literally starving, so the price although steep, seems to be the only way forward.

For those who criticize the US administration for the obvious economic and strategic interests (if you have read my blog you should know my possition), at least the US is doing something to end our tragedy.

Other countries, such as Russia, Iran, Turkey, Cuba, and China are not only equally interested in our resources, they are already exploiting them (have you seen the ecocide being commited in our forests?) and they are more than willing to continue doing it at the expense of a whole nation ruining its economy and becoming totally dependent on imports from these interested countries, half its population going into exhile (that will be the case if this does not end now), and millions of lives being destroyed in the process.
So much for speaking up against colonialism/imperialism.
Give me a fucking break!