That and what about the countries us and the rest of the nations in the world bank helped out through the years that haven't paid their debt? We aided so many countries without any contract for them to pay us back... And the cost to deploy an aircraft carrier to assist with humanitarian aid is immense- yes they save lives and help with 3 hospitals, 4 mess halls, a flight of helos and a desalination plant on board to make endless supply of fresh water, but we the taxpayer have to pay for that carrier group to move from where they are to countries like Indonesia where we aided them after they were affected by the 2004 tsunami by deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Group. Sorry folks, we have too many problems within our own borders we can't really write you that check at this time.