You do have good points MMI, but lets be honest, the real reason third world countries hate us is because we HAVE and they HAVE NOT.
Look at what happens to these half-hearted gestures, food intended for disaster victims is put on the black market by the local govt. Aid money is skimmed, scammed, and stolen by same govt.
Example: UN brought a load of wheat to an Afgahn village, put it into a building to be distributed the next day, come morning the wheat was gone and NO ONE knew how" Agreed "Forign Aid" is usually used to manipulate these govts but still you think they would invest in their own country?
Example: The Phillipenes, when the Navy closed down Subic Bay, they turned it over to the Phillipene govt. Within 5 yrs the Govt was trying to sell both it and Clark Air force base back to the US, "the deal was killed by a volcano true" but the govt had top quality facilities that they could have converted into anything, but they let both facilities fall apart. WHY??
Maybe the 1st world govt are bastards, but you look at every Colony that was given its freedom, how many profitable colonies are now impovrished because of bad govt. Ask yourself this were they better off as a Colony??
Personal opinion, lets cut Forign Aid for 4 yrs and see what happes???