I do help people in need. Just not all of them.
What foreign aid does is try to buy loyalty. The problem is we have a bunch of bumbling idiots in charge and they don't have a clue on how to negotiate. The house should always win.
Modern or not, that's how it is. George some ideas and ideaologies sound great on paper, but their best left at the place they begin. They have no practical real world usage. Think socialism/communism. Sitting in a classroom and listening to a professor ramble on about all of it's glory is one thing. Actually applying it and making it work in the real world is another. That's why I say the elightened period is way overdone. We now value intellect with no real world experience, and an understanding of the "law of un-intended consequences", over good common sense. You have idealists and realist. Guess who wins in the long run?
Look at history George. Sure we have this magical thing called reason, but it doesn't always inhibit our animal instincts. You will always have people who will driven to power and/or violence. Intellect doesn't save you from those people. You either gain more power than them or crush them with violence. Option C is to roll over and play dead. We Americans aren't all about rolling over. I guess it is part of our culture dating back to the Revolution.
