Go to the poorest place you know, near where you live.
Now imagine that place without electricity. And without plumbing. And without schools that are worth a damn. And now imagine them worshiping some dirt God.
Now ask your question again.
And why do they live like that? Because their leaders don’t take responsibility. They aren’t asking us to train their people to take care of themselves, they’re asking us to do it for them. I’d much rather those troops had been on our border this summer, keeping the US safe from invasion.