If we're so bad at re-construction then why are Europe and Japan doing so well?
Japan is a prime example of what has to be done when Fanatics who hate the rest of the world rule a country.
First you kill as many of the fanatics as possible and if necessary the infrastructure of the country spawning the hatred. Then you rebuild it and weed out the fanatics, who missed the big weeding, as they pop up for about two decades.
We are now in the first step, killing as many of the fanatics as possible!