Paul Wolfowitz

[akarunway 1]

Another one bites the dust.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ee84cc80-e91e-11db-a162-000b5df10621.html

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[Gawain 0]

Having met the man on numerous occasions, I can tell you that I'm disappointed in this apparent lack of judgment. However, in a way, it almost makes sense, he is an extremely thoughtful person.

I am not making excuses for the behavior, just offering some first hand experience to your apparent joy of a not so great story.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[Andy9o8 2]

Well, at least he didn't call someone a "nappy-headed ho."

[jakee 1,569]

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However, in a way, it almost makes sense, he is an extremely thoughtful person.

Yeah. And Ken Lay was only trying to give his fellow board members an even break

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[Amazon 7]

Good riddance.. one of the architects of this massive incompetency has fallen from grace....

[TheAnvil 0]

I've met Paul Wolfowitz. Impressive fellow. Sorry to see him in such trouble. Hadn't really followed his performance at the World Bank, but hopefully he unscrews his personal life. He's a smart fellow and has a lot to offer any organization.

Vinny the Anvil
Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL
JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

[akarunway 1]

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I've met Paul Wolfowitz. Impressive fellow. Sorry to see him in such trouble. Hadn't really followed his performance at the World Bank, but hopefully he unscrews his personal life. He's a smart fellow and has a lot to offer any organization.

Maybe he'll amend the Bush Doctrine. That'd be a good start

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[Andy9o8 2]

I listened to a long report on him this morning on the radio on the way in to work.
From the start, people at World Bank had trepidations about him due to his being one of the key architects of Bush's Iraq policy. Once at the helm, he quickly alienated the career professionals at the Bank by making lots of seemingly personal-agenda based unilateral decisions without consulting them, often setting back months of complex prep work.

For example, a WB deal with Ukraine that had been in months of difficult preparation, was killed by him, just after Ukraine decided not to cooperate with the US govt on some military policy issue. WB career professionals were plenty pissed at what seemed like Wolfowitz's retaliation against Ukraine due to personal political bias, contrary to his duty of principal loyalty to the WB's interests.

He also held himself at out the WB as a champion of ethics and for fighting corruption in other countries' financial transactions. And yet now he apparently circumvented the WB's ethics committee by personally arranging for a huge raise for his girlfriend. For a brilliant guy (which he is), he stupidly, stupidly left himself open to charges of hypochrisy. (Eh, I guess you're never too old to be pussy-whipped, hm?)

At the WB, he quickly fostered a reputation for refusing to consult with (or simply ignoring) of WB career professionals, making unilateral decisions based on personal ideology, and insulating himself with a small cadre of friends and sycophants. Sound vaguely familiar, anyone? I guess old habits die hard.

[Skyrad 0]

Never mind at least he can still carry on working for the State of Israel within the USA.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[mnealtx 0]

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Sound vaguely familiar, anyone?

Sounds like 99.5% of all politicians, to me...

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[algboy 0]

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Never mind at least he can still carry on working for the State of Israel within the USA.

Yeah--and after getting his girlfriend a cushy job, she doesn't have the gratitude to buy the poor SOB some decent socks?

[ErricoMalatesta 0]

Fingers crossed he catches a bullet for resignation

[mnealtx 0]

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Never mind at least he can still carry on working for the State of Israel within the USA.

Yeah--and after getting his girlfriend a cushy job, she doesn't have the gratitude to buy the poor SOB some decent socks?

Yeah, she could have at least gotten him some ties or something...

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[tbrown 26]

Paul Wolfowitz is the perfect example of a spoiled rotten little shit who goes around making a mess of everything he touches. Then he blames it on someone else (like Iraq, which he now blames on Bush for not having done it the Wolfy way). And now this World Bank mess. In keeping with tradition, he's had the woman banished to some far outpost and expects all to be forgiven and forgotten, because he's special. Why, so he can go on lecturing Third World countries about corruption ?

He needs a couple years in prison with a 300 lb tattooed husband to straighten out his misconceptions.

Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

[marcandalysse 0]

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admitting he was personally involved in securing a large pay rise and promotion for a Bank official with whom he was romantically involved.

This isn't the first time he has found employment for his girlfriend. Just a few moments ago I was reading an article in Vanity Fair http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/03/spyagency200703 about the SAIC consulting company (highly recommended reading and attached here):

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It was understood in Washington, long before the actual onset of "shock and awe," that the Iraq war would be a Klondike gold rush for contractors. Prior to the war, SAIC was awarded seven contracts, together worth more than $100 million, without competitive bidding. The Defense Department's justification for the no-bid contracts: "We need the immediate services of a fully qualified contractor who has the unqualified support and confidence of the Pentagon leadership." SAIC's personnel, designated "subject-matter experts," were expected to lend a hand on such matters as "business development, international and regional political relations, the role of women in government, and government reform." Among SAIC's subject-matter experts was Shaha Riza, an Arab feminist and communications adviser at the World Bank. Riza also happened to be the girlfriend of Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense.

marc