...and how much of this did I buy?

Somalia famine aid stolen

Sacks of grain, peanut butter snacks and other food staples meant for starving Somalis are being stolen and sold in markets, an Associated Press investigation has found, raising concerns that thieving businessmen are undermining international famine relief efforts in this nearly lawless country.

The U.N.'s World Food Program acknowledged for the first time that it has been investigating food theft in Somalia for two months. The WFP strongly condemned any diversion of "even the smallest amount of food from starving and vulnerable Somalis."

Underscoring the perilous security throughout the food distribution chain, donated food is not even safe once it has been given to the hungry in the makeshift camps popping up around the capital of Mogadishu. Families at the large, government-run Badbado camp, where several aid groups distribute food, said they were often forced to hand back aid after journalists had taken photos of them with it.

"They tell us they will keep it for us and force us to give them our food," said refugee Halima Sheikh Abdi. "We can't refuse to cooperate because if we do, they will force us out of the camp, and then you don't know what to do and eat. It's happened to many people already."

The U.N. says more than 3.2 million Somalis — nearly half the population — need food aid after a severe drought that has been complicated by Somalia's long-running war. More than 450,000 Somalis live in famine zones controlled by al-Qaida-linked militants, where aid is difficult to deliver. The U.S. says 29,000 Somali children under age 5 already have died.

International officials have long expected some of the food aid pouring into Somalia to disappear. But the sheer scale of the theft calls into question the aid groups' ability to reach the starving. It also raises concerns about the ability of aid agencies and the Somali government to fight corruption, and whether diverted aid is fueling Somalia's 20-year civil war.

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The U.N. is mostly funded by us, spelled U.S., as we all know. And, as usual, the hungry people are STILL hungry! Here's what I think, and you ain't gonna like it.
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IF we send so much as a PB&J sandwich to Somalia, we SHOULD send troops to get it TO the hungry people!!! Is it cheaper to send millions of dollars in food to Somalia and NOT have it get where it needs to go? Or is it cheaper, and better for us in the long ran as a PR / image issue, to get the food there and use troops to do it? And we've got the troops to do it.
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They are currently sitting on their asses in Japan and Germany!.
Let's get them up, get them moving to make us look better and get SOME benefit from their service..
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Schteveo