Bremer wants his SysAdmin

Sent to me by reader Paul Speer (I need to get better at citing people who send me stuff, sorry! Then again, not always sure they want their names used [sorry Paul!]).

Here's the op-ed from Bremer in IHT: IN Iraq, Wrongs Made a Right.

Here's the crucial package:

Another clear lesson is that America must be better prepared for the post-conflict phase should it find itself in similar military situations in the future. The administration has made a good start by setting up offices of reconstruction in the State and Defense departments. But the effort must be broadened through the government and especially the private sector.

The goal should be a quick-reaction, public-private Civilian Reserve Corps consisting of people with expertise on matters like the establishment of telecommunications facilities, rebuilding of electrical power plants, modernizing health care systems and instituting modern budgeting procedures.

That, I would say, is the horse's mouth all right. I like the emphasis on public civilian and private. Marry that up to the security element, and make it as multinational as possible, and you have my SysAdmin force.

Stick that function inside a cabinet-level department that says America is serious about shrinking the Gap, and you have my current book.

I am still out ahead, but my lead is getting shorter, because, as I say in BFA, the grand strategist doesn't take you somewhere you'd never otherwise go, he just gets there first and says "This way!"

Thus the need to keep writing! I can almost spot the next cairn on the trail up ahead.