Bombs or food?

Over 30,000 people die from starvation everyday. That is a very disturbing figure. Imagine if a state college worth of people just disappeared. Imagine if everyone you know died. Luckily for most of us in the good old USA starvation is not a major concern. However, for a lot of people in a lot of places it is. This is a problem that could be solved. For most of history starvation was not a major issue, yes there were poor people but even during the middle ages the majority of people were getting enough to eat. What has changed since the middle or "dark ages" that now has so many people starving?

Consider that an F-16 costs somewhere between 50-80 million dollars, depending on how many spare parts and bombs you want to buy it with. That is a lot of money. Enough money that is could go a long way towards solving world hunger, especially when you consider that the United States has hundreds of these. I wonder what would be a better threat deterrent? Owning all the planes and bombs? Or feeding and supporting the hungry so that they come to love and respect your nation?