Because you want people to pay in US dollars, buy US goods and pharmaceuticals. > Ah yes, the desperately poor are notorious for pulling the strings of global

Because you want people to pay in US dollars, buy US goods and pharmaceuticals. > Ah yes, the desperately poor are notorious for pulling the strings of global finance. Best to stay on their good side. You wanted everyone to admire the US and exported the American dream to be the ideal of the world. > The American dream has nothing to do with giving our money away to foreigners, actually. Why is it important for America to enforce freedom in every oil rich country - apparently even Canada now! > focus You can take a "mission accomplished" stance and be done with it, but if America wants to maintain it's standing in the world, these sorts of programs will need to continue. > Our standing is derived from our success--from our military, financial and cultural dominance. Your opinions as to our generosity have no bearing whatsoever on our standing. Without the US footing the bill for this, China will come in with Chinese aid, and teach these countries how to adopt the Chinese ideology. > These countries don't matter.