Starving to death...

According to this editorial by Thomas Sowell,

• A New York Times headline on March 20th tried to assure us: "Experts Say Ending Feeding Can Lead to a Gentle Death"

Why, then, are many on the left so concerned about hunger and famine to the point of taxing Americans to provide food for the hungry in Africa?

Is it really humane to keep starving people in Africa alive to suffer in their own existence when cutting off their food would lead to a 'gentle death', thereby ending their disease ridden and violence plagued lives?