Such a great question. After 9/11 I was really hoping for a huge humanitarian, economic, and serious political effort in the Middle East along with the inevitab

Such a great question. After 9/11 I was really hoping for a huge humanitarian, economic, and serious political effort in the Middle East along with the inevitable military actions. Didn't happen. No one even talked about such an idea (a Marshall Plan for the Middle East sort of thing), and whatever minor efforts have been made along those lines get no press.