We Need a New Marshall Plan for the Middle East

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/29076-we-need-a-new-marshall-plan-for-the-middle-east



Men chant outside a social hall with a picture of First Lt. Moaz al-Kasabeh, after a video of the downed Jordanian pilot’s purported execution was released by the Islamic State group, in Amman, Jordan, Feb. 3, 2015. In the video, al-Kasabeh was burned alive inside a cage, an act Jordanian officials said they believe occurred on Jan. 3.

We Need a New Marshall Plan for the Middle East
Wednesday, 11 February 2015 16:17
By The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program

Today, President Obama sent to Congress the White House's plan for authorizing the fight against ISIS.

The president's proposal limits to three years the now-six-month-long campaign in Iraq and Syria, but it perpetuates the idea that war is the answer in the fight against terrorism.

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We need to dial back the military and ramp up the economic aid.

In other words, we need a new Marshall Plan for the Middle East - one that doesn't involve more massive profits for US military contractors, but helps those countries rebuild their own infrastructure from the bottom up.