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Wolfowitz To Rule World (Bank)
First George W. Bush picks UN-basher John Bolton to be ambassador to the United Nations. Then he nominates Karen Hughes, a champion spinner who has little foreign policy experience, to be under secretary of state in charge of enhancing the United States' image abroad. Next, Bush taps Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz to run the World Bank.
The Wolfowitz nomination is a win for the Pentagon but a loss for the world. Wolfowitz's achievements as a warmonger may say little about his views on international development, but his record on Iraq is one of miscalculation and exaggeration. And the poor of the world deserve a World Bank president with better judgment.
A leading neocon, Wolfowitz was a chief cheerleader for the war in Iraq--even before 9/11. In the first months of the Bush administration, Wolfowitz advocated toppling Saddam Hussein by sending in US troops to seize Iraq's oil fields and establish a foothold. Then, according to Wolfowitz, the rest of the country would rise up against Hussein. As Bob Woodward reported, then-Secreatry of State Colin Powell called this idea "lunacy."
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A leading neocon, Wolfowitz was a chief cheerleader for the war in Iraq--even before 9/11. In the first months of the Bush administration, Wolfowitz advocated toppling Saddam Hussein by sending in US troops to seize Iraq's oil fields and establish a foothold. Then, according to Wolfowitz, the rest of the country would rise up against Hussein. As Bob Woodward reported, then-Secreatry of State Colin Powell called this idea "lunacy."
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http://www.davidcorn.com/2005/03/wolfowitz_to_ru.php
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there is no real opposition to the neo-conservatives in either party, with the exception of a few people like Lynn Woolsey out on the periphery
both the leadership of the Democratic and Republican parties agree on the goals, they just disagree as to the means
which, in this instance, means that Democrats fear that people like Bolton and Wolfowitz are too crude in their implementation
there's a great story in Ross Terrill's biography of Mao that is apposite here
back in the 1960s, Mao asked Premier Zhao Enlai and Secretary Liu Shaoqi how they would get a cat to eat pepper. Liu, consistent with his Stalinist beliefs, responded, "I would pry the cat's mouth open and shove it down the cat's throat with a stick."
Conversely, Zhou said, "I would mix the pepper with fish oil, rub it on the cat's back and get him to lick it off."
Mao was horrified at Liu's response, and impressed by Zhou's.
In this instance, in regard to foreign policy, substitute the Democrats for Zhou and the Republicans for Liu, and you have a pretty accurate picture of the situation.
--Richard
[BREAKING NEWS: Paul Wolfowitz to Head World Bank
by Steve Clemmons (reposted) Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2005 at 1:26 PM
What an Orwellian nightmare. Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank. John Bolton at the United Nations.
President Bush, why did you go to Europe again?]
both the leadership of the Democratic and Republican parties agree on the goals, they just disagree as to the means
which, in this instance, means that Democrats fear that people like Bolton and Wolfowitz are too crude in their implementation
there's a great story in Ross Terrill's biography of Mao that is apposite here
back in the 1960s, Mao asked Premier Zhao Enlai and Secretary Liu Shaoqi how they would get a cat to eat pepper. Liu, consistent with his Stalinist beliefs, responded, "I would pry the cat's mouth open and shove it down the cat's throat with a stick."
Conversely, Zhou said, "I would mix the pepper with fish oil, rub it on the cat's back and get him to lick it off."
Mao was horrified at Liu's response, and impressed by Zhou's.
In this instance, in regard to foreign policy, substitute the Democrats for Zhou and the Republicans for Liu, and you have a pretty accurate picture of the situation.
--Richard
[BREAKING NEWS: Paul Wolfowitz to Head World Bank
by Steve Clemmons (reposted) Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2005 at 1:26 PM
What an Orwellian nightmare. Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank. John Bolton at the United Nations.
President Bush, why did you go to Europe again?]
there's an article about how Democratic Senators Joseph Biden and Patrick Leahy think that Wolfowitz is just great
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/363ubjiw.asp
--Richard
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/363ubjiw.asp
--Richard
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