Seems that even Iraq has got Manhattanization fever these days — what with a $5 billion plan to put a mixed-use development in the Green Zone. Chic stores! Hot nightlife! Urban living in a tension-fraught environment that could explode into violence at any second! The thinking, I guess, is that al Qaida members will be so busy noshing on truffle-bacon lettuce wraps at the new Thomas Keller restaurant they’ll forget to place that IED at the footbridge. Peace ensues! Apple Store gift cards for all!

Here’s a crazy idea: Spend $5 billion on chic, mixed-use, high-rise schools and see what happens to all that terror.