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Of course it's buying influence. It the same way with charity - the sports worls and entertainment world is doing it to improve their image. Best Buy isn't being generous out of the goodness of their heart. It's to buy "influence" - marketing, image etc.with the American people.
Same with the tsunamis - we weren't trying to help them out of the goodness of our hearts - we couldn't let Japan or Australia one-up us in the aid department. It was a pissing contest. A pissing contest that theoretically the vicitms benefited from cause of all the aid raised.
So what? They're still helping and that's what counts -
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