Well technically the whole Iraq mess is forign aid... A lot of people feel that George Bush Sr. "didn't finish the job". but going in and wiping out the military left us with the delemma of leaving a country surrounded with many enemies and you end up with Iran rolling in there. So you knock their military down to size and kill the SOB in charge. The land invasion was unneeded. By comparison the first thing Reagan did was kill most of old Momar's family.
There will always be opression and not just outside our borders. We can cerainly be a helpfull neighbor to the world but we don't need to police it. (unless of course it really, really is a threat)
Ultimately I see a global confilict developing between Christians and Musliums mainly based on our lifestyle and how intolerable it is to Musliums especially. Christians don't usually call for executions for violating God's laws and our govenment in perticular protects non-religious beliefs. This is not the case in Muslium countries.
Just like the flack about the prison, Iraq was not shocked by prisoners getting abused, they were apalled that we had Women doing it. Letting that out only endangered our people over there. Sheer genius on behalf of the press.
I'd be curious how many idiot politicians actually understand how futile it is to try to set up a republic in a Muslium culture. None of them seem to have a clue why it's failing...