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Originally Posted by alansmithee
And you are right, it is the thought that counts. It's just the thought behind these offers is mainly "lets get in the good graces of the US" or "lets show up the US by offering the richest country in the world aid" and not "lets help people who are seriously in need of aid". I might be cynical, but I've found that cynicism is generally the way to the truth.
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I tend to try and find the mid ground between cynicism and hope... My experience leads me to believe that things are rarely as black and white as you've painted them... they are various shades of grey.
I don't recall, the calls for more aid from the US (not that it didn't happen just wasn't loud enough to catch my attention). And foreign aid is for buying influence. That and helping to spread goodwill towards the nation spreading the foreign aid around. I don't think anyone would really dispute this.