The history of "aid" to these countries is rife with corruption. A shipload of food may sit on the docks for weeks, then illegally sold to enrich a dictator, so that he can fill his offshore accounts, bribe his military, build himself a new palace.
I voted for W twice, but sometimes his throwing massive amounts of money at problems with no accountability is sickening. Katrina, for example, and truckloads of US currency thrown around like candy in Iraq, for another example.
How is this going to be any different?
I will never forget the time he visited H. Rodham Clinton and "Chuckles" Schummer right after 9/11, and asked them flat out how much money they wanted. They looked like kids in a candy store, and blurted out that they "needed" $40 billion dollars (amazing how they could figure that out, mere hours after the attack).
You could tell that they thought he'd be a bit shrewder than he was -- a bit smarter than he was.
You could see the look of surprise on their faces when he immediately replied sure, ok, $40 billion it is, you'll get that amount.
(I could also imagine them thinking what idiots they were, for not asking for a hundred billion!)
He's always been s sucker for a hard-luck story -- as long as he's able to reach into the next guy's pocket to fish out the checkbook!