The West must rebuild Lebanon .

The West must rebuild Lebanon because not only will the middle east lose possibly the only likely democracy outside of Israel but also we must stop Hezbollah, Iran and Syria gaining the power there. They are already ready to spend. From NY times

in addition to its hard-won reputation as the only Arab force that fought Israel to a standstill — is that it is already dominating the efforts to rebuild with a torrent of money from oil-rich Iran.

We must rebuild them stronger so to make sure the extremists fail to take over. The West needs a Marshall Plan for the Middle East.