The US government, willfully ignorant of the sufferings of people in many developing countries, destroyed the grain in an attempt to keep wheat prices up.
原來，美國政府當時為了平抑小麥價格，不顧許多開發中國家人民仍受缺糧之苦，仍一意孤行以「銷毀」手段來維持糧食市場的供需。