Something along your original lines, but less "West": rebuild Afghanistan. It would require crossing a few hurdles though, such as removing the Taliban from ruling power and convincing the Afghani populace to stay/return. For best effect, it shouldn't be the US turning it into a model country. Instead, countries of diverse culture should help, e.g. India, China, someone from Africa, someone from Europe.

Actually, now I think about it, the key is getting the Afghani population up and running as a people but without the Taliban in power.

Wade, who wasn't willing to spend lots of time specifying this idea.