[steve50]

"the United States needs to create a central authority, backed by a permanent staff, to manage ongoing and future nation-building activities.

I guess a permanent staff would be one outside of year to year political disruptions.

[u-89]

The permanent staff would be a jobs program for neocons. Not that they would ever think of having their snoots in the public trough of course. No, never, not that. It's just that you need clear thinkers to get the job done right.