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Being someone who deals with the concept of foreign aid, and international policy, from a theoretical standpoint regularly, I'm surprised you'd take this position. I think that for the most part we tend to recognize that the lion's share of foreign aid is not tossed around for purposes of feeling better about what we're doing with our money, and is instead rationed judiciously as is necessary for our own national interests.
EDIT: And of course, arguably more-so than we can ever know.
This statement I will agree with. Giving foreign aid so the photographers can take pictures of us doing so is probably one reason I would keep some programs in place.