Im not surprised at all. It was reported at the time when the government won the war there were fears atrocities would be commited but most tv was saying "its great, a long civil war has finished, hooray, we can forget about that now."
There is enough food on planet earth already. Thing is the africans etc have to export their food to UK and America so we can have enormous bellies and programs like embasrassing fat bodies where fatties have their stomachs sawn off and thrown in the bin.
The aim is mainly to eradicate certain diseases like small pox was.
Polio is only left in 4 countries so if we can make that disease extinct it will be money well spent.