We literally tried this in the 90s, when we had tons of money and were in a good mood.
Warlords sprung up, pirated the shipments and controlled them for power throughout Africa, including somalia/Mogadishu.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t do it anyway, but it’s not as easy as it sounds.
Mostly, Saudi Arabia would do everything it could to disrupt this because they don’t want poor people getting any food if it doesn’t include indoctrination in their wahhabist Islam schools because as holders of mecca and Medina they believe they can use militant Islam to expand their influence throughout both the middle east and Africa (though isis backfired and made them think twice for a few years, they’re back at it now).
We literally tried this in the 90s, when we had tons of money and were in a good mood.
Warlords sprung up, pirated the shipments and controlled them for power throughout Africa, including somalia/Mogadishu.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t do it anyway, but it’s not as easy as it sounds.
Mostly, Saudi Arabia would do everything it could to disrupt this because they don’t want poor people getting any food if it doesn’t include indoctrination in their wahhabist Islam schools because as holders of mecca and Medina they believe they can use militant Islam to expand their influence throughout both the middle east and Africa (though isis backfired and made them think twice for a few years, they’re back at it now).
Oh yeah, I almost forgot about the ‘religious fundamentalist’ angle. How many poor people are lured in by promises of food security?
All the organized religions insist on inequality, it’s the only way to keep a pool of vulnerable followers.
Depends on how you define the word religion.
Buddhism is legally a religion for example, but has little in common with major middle eastern/western religions.