The Hunger Strikes

I forget what I was doing when I heard this, or where I heard it from, or even why I was listening to this, but someone at some time was saying (I'm not even sure if it was to me anymore) that hunger in the world is due in part to the inability to spread the food around. This got me thinking: if it was possible to deliver food around the world, would countries do it? I think not.
There are too many political issues to just have any country give aid to any other country. Would we be willing to send starving North Koreans food now? ARE we willing to send starving North Koreans food? No. Or if we are willing, we will find some reason to send a minimal amount because we are on the fritz with Kim Jong Il at the moment. This is a perfect example of how we would put petty disagreements on political issues before saving the lives of millions of people starving in areas of the world unable to access fertile land.
I read all the time about starving babies in Africa and how they are so hungry that their stomachs are swollen due to some form of malnutrition. The pictures are horrible. I don't understand why we would not help these poor children! We are supposed to be a "Chirstian nation", and we are supposed to care about others, so why is it that we are only thinking of oureslves? Think about it: the only reason we don't send more aid is because the countries with starving peoples don't have anything to give us in return. Sure, there are some organizations that help regardless of what these people have to offer, such as the Salvation Army and the Red Cross, but why doesn't our government act? They should be leading us to bettering our world, yet they don't help those that obviously need help abroad.
I understand that we have our own problems with security and hunger in the United States, but it is insignificant when compared to the plight of so many others around the world. But if we have a surplus of food we should be willing to provide for others, even if the people are too poverty-stricken to give us anything but their thanks. That should be enough