I find this question is tilting at straw-men.

The default assumption is that:
1) All foreign aid is given to governments
2) All foreign aid is done without checks and balances
3) All foreign aid is given to dictatorships

In such a situation foreign aid is obviously a bad idea. In fact, Bill Clinton runs a charity that refuses to give money under conditions 2) and 3), if an agency, organization or government fails to meet checks and balances, which include financial transparency than they lose the money.

Obviously foreign aid should be done properly but to suggest that its done worse than it actually is, and imply that it shouldn't be done at all is misguided.

Consider the following example: The roads in rural South Dakota are utter trash, in fact I consider them impossible to drive in a small vehicle. Therefore the government should stop spending money on roads at all, after all they can't do it correctly.