[Coleman]

You can't go into places like Somalia to give food and aid with the current government in place. Many times the government has just taken the food and oppressed the helpers. If we pour money into the UN we'll see it just gets magically "lost" in all of the paper work. There have been millions upon millions of dollars that have been lost in the UN's hands (most likely just taken by leaders). If it was more responsible, I'm sure the US gov't (hell, even celebrities) would be willing to help out via the UN route.