Quote Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy View Post
Who told you that????? thats pure rubbish if aid was seen as tribute they would hardly go around killing and kidnapping aid workers now would they
Regrettably, foreign aid is all to often a way for the leadership cadre of a given state to feather their own personal nests; often therefore is connected with the corrupt powers that be (and therefore condemned with them); carries the implicit "we're better off than you are you poor pathetic souls" attitude that so many find galling; and actually provides some help to people in need.

Foreign Aid has purchased so much good will for the USA around the world over the last half century...er...strike that.