Separating humanitarian aid from politics

"The problem is that when humanitarian groups are seen to move into countries alongside government forces they will be seen as part of those forces. People who disagree with the presence of a government will also see the agency as a target That is why we scream and shout about the US government's `bombs and bread' policy and the `humanitarian ward in Afghanistan. This overlap causes less and less respect for humanitarian workers-whose only aim is to help people."