Another favorite: After repeated questions on why Palestinians are starving, CIA Director Bill Burns says Palestinians are starving because "humanitarian assis

Another favorite: After repeated questions on why Palestinians are starving, CIA Director Bill Burns says Palestinians are starving because "humanitarian assistance can’t get to them." In every response from the Director, the agentive force preventing that assistance (i.e., Israel) remained unnamed. Keeping the focus on the need for assistance to be delivered, while avoiding at all costs calling out the reason for repeated attempts at assistance not being successfully delivered.