If the opposite of pro is con, what's the opposite of progress?

From Yahoo! News:

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is already taking steps to seize the momentum, announcing that Hezbollah will immediately begin repairing homes in southern Lebanon and even pay a year's rent to owners of damaged homes. The move underscores the extent to which Hezbollah is ingrained religiously and culturally in Lebanon, especially in the Shiite-dominated south, where the group runs an array of social services, including hospitals and schools.

Based on their stunning successes rebuilding Iraq and New Orleans, the Bushies think they're just the ones to show that they care for the Lebanese people more than Hezbollah. According to the LA Times, they are "scrambling to assemble a plan to help rebuild Lebanon." Times writer Paul Richter, being sane, notices a contradiction:

A major rebuilding investment would put the United States in the position of subsidizing both the Israeli munitions that caused the damage and the reconstruction work that will repair it. Such a proposal could meet with resistance from Congress, but administration officials said that the need for action was urgent.

Richter must be thinking of some Congress other than the US Congress, which has been funding the destruction and reconstruction of countries, frequently simultaneously, for decades. That infamous $87 billion that John Kerry voted for before he voted against included about $20 billion for the reconstruction of Iraq, and about $67 billion for its continued destruction. I mean, Halliburton and Bechtel stockholders aren't going to get rich on contracts rebuilding power plants and ports that AREN'T in ruins.