> Of course the west and specifically the US have absolutely nothing to do with the material conditions of those countries.../S

Of course we do. We provided close to 5 trillion USD in aid to those countries since 2000. Unfortunately, the mentality and culture of these countries is so counterproductive that even with that immense amount of help from Europeans and Americans, they still manage to still live in terrible conditions of deprivation.

I say it's best to cut all aid and let them finally understand they need to take care of themselves. That would probably finally institute the free market mentality they need to finally fix their own issues.