Comment Re:Pissed at the bail-outs (Score 1) 1259
Ever think about what effect free food has on the target country's local agriculture economy? I'll give you a hint: Local farmers have to start competing with free. The answer isn't dumping free food onto people--it's investing in infrastructure so that functional and stable markets can develop.
... Which is accomplished by bombing the shit out of them how, exactly?
Well, no one's bombed the shit out of Ethiopia for example, yet this article from Time Magazine explains the problem:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1829841,00.html
Quote from article: "...for countries receiving their charity, long-term food aid can become addictive. Why bother with development when shortfalls are met by aid? Ethiopian farmers can't compete with free food, so they stop trying. Over time, there's a loss of key skills, and a country that doesn't have to feed itself soon becomes a country that can't. All too often, its rulers use resources elsewhere — Ethiopia has one of Africa's largest armies."