well said, but it will take at least another 5 years before the great unwashed masses start to trickle back to the mid-east, the damage done by US foreign policy will incur another 5 year wait, but for US citizens who like to loudly announce their prescence, its unlikely to be safe anywhere in the middle east for about 20 years.
not entirely a bad thing for those of us who wish to re-discover the place in the future.
current rates for my chosen "pimp" profession come in around 3-4 times the rate in OZ, ballpark 2/3K a day, unfortunately most of the work is in Saud , but if dubai/oman came up, i'd do it in a wink.