Another reason for neutralism

Contrary to increasingly popular opinion, our war in Iraq has been an unqualified success. If you have been an executive or investor in any of the corporations contracting with the American government, you have probably done well. whether you have done good or not is another story, but no matter. After all, if the bottom line is ok, so are you.

Things are only going to get better,

And something interesting: "On August 5, 2004, the White House created the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, headed by former US Ambassador to Ukraine Carlos Pascual. Its mandate is to draw up elaborate ‘post-conflict’ plans for up to twenty-five countries that are not, as of yet, in conflict. According to Pascual, it will also be able to coordinate three full-scale reconstruction operations in different countries ‘at the same time,’ each lasting ‘five to seven years.’" Here we get a glimpse of the real reasons or forces behind the Bush administration’s preemptive wars. "A government devoted to perpetual pre-emptive deconstruction now has a standing office of perpetual pre-emptive reconstruction. Contractors drew "reconstruction" plans in close collaboration with various government agencies and how, at times, contracts were actually pre-approved and paper work completed long before an actual military strike: "In close cooperation with the National Intelligence Council, Pascual's office keeps ‘high risk’ countries on a ‘watch list’ and assembles rapid-response teams ready to engage in prewar planning and to ‘mobilize and deploy quickly’ after a conflict has gone down. The teams are made up of private companies, nongovernmental organizations and members of think tanks—some, Pascual told an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in October, will have ‘pre-completed’ contracts to rebuild countries that are not yet broken. Doing this paperwork in advance could ‘cut off three to six months in your response time

I found this article at The Secret Diary of an Israeli Water Engineer blog.