I am glad that you and your company gave, hopefully that will be an example to others.

It is apparent from your tone that you do not appreciate any type of critique of our foreign policy.

I have studied U.S. foreign policy, in-depth, and I know that policy issues are very complex. To say the least, using broad generalizations to typify foreign policy would be asinine. That being said let me make a couple of comments:

Using foreign aid measured against GDP is an accepted measure since it takes into account both the wealth and population of each country. For example, you could not compare U.S. donations to those of Australia dollar-for-dollar because the U.S. has many more people. Comparing dollar for dollar is a tactic used to skew the truth about U.S. giving. In some cases, even if you compare dollar for dollars, the U.S. still comes up short. For example, Canada (1/10 the size of the U.S.) pledged more money to help the tsunami victims than we did.

Attempting to make U.S. foreign aid contributions appear to be larger by including military costs is ridiculous. Many countries contribute to peace keeping missions and global security in addition to their generous foreign aid. As for our military contributions, don