I don't know if any of you have seen this article yet - I couldn't find it searchin. From The Nation | Naomi Klien. Frightening Stuff.
Gone are the days of waiting for wars to break out and then drawing up ad hoc plans to pick up the pieces.
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."
Emphasis added by diarist. Recommended Read