Okay, you both oppose philanthropy and are pathologically incapable of understanding how violent people organized into little armies complete with rockets, mortars, and artillery limits the ability of the citizenry to take care of themselves.
The only ways the people of Liberia can obtain stability would be breaking into multiple smaller nations, one side eliminates the three or four other sides through genocide, and outside nation conquers the lot and grinds them under heel, or God intervenes. Period.
Which one of those ways can some kid in school right now bring about?
You personally seem do be demanding that good men do nothing and just let people die. Unless you want the USA to go in there as a colonial power. Save the ragged blighters from themselves, eh wot?
Which is it?
I’m saying that good men should go in there and teach the residents hygeine and medical skills to stop the spread of disease. How is that not philantrophic? Are you happy with the way this is coming down, with all of those aid workers leaving now, so the people have to fend for themselves without the knowledge they need?