From Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)

http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4236

“The charges against Wolfowitz are maybe correct but pretty minor compared to his record. Forget his involvement in the Iraq war, let’s put that aside, though it was surely significant. He was the ambassador to Indonesia under Reagan. He was one of the strongest supporters of Suharto, who was one of the worst monsters in the modern period, comparable to Saddam Hussein. When Wolfowitz was appointed to the World Bank, Indonesian human rights and democracy activists were bitterly critical because he never lifted his finger to help them when he was ambassador. In fact, he harmed them and they explained how he did it.

“Here’s a man who strongly opposes democracy, who strongly opposes human rights. That’s not the myth. The myth is his great ideals. But in his actions, he supported a hideous dictator and in fact he supported extreme corruption. Transparency International ranked Suharto’s Indonesia as the world champion in corruption. This is the man he was defending while at the same time saying that he was going to the World Bank to do something about corruption.

“His record with regard to democracies is also outlandish. You may recall in Turkey, to everyone’s surprise, the government went along with the will of 95% of the population and did not let U.S. troops use the country as a base for the war against Iraq. There was bitter condemnation of Turkey in the United States, from Colin Powell and others. But the most extreme was Wolfowitz. He berated the Turkish military for permitting this to happen. He said, “look, you have power, you can force the civilian government to do what we want them to do. The idea that they should listen to 95% of the population is outrageous.” Then he demanded that Turkey apologize to the United States and in fact say that it understands its job to help the United States. A couple of months later he was being hailed as the “idealist-in-chief leading the crusade for democracy.”

First, I hate this idiot just as much as anyone else posting comments here.

Second, he never had the managerial skills to run the World Bank and the job was a thank-you from W.  He should never have been at the World Bank and it’s best he is gone.

Third, I’m not certain this is really all Wolfowitz’s fault.  It does sound like the Ethics Committee at the World Bank screwed up by letting Paul make the arrangements for the “departure” of his girlfriend.  He shouldn’t have had anything to do with it, but it seems, from what I’ve seen in the press, that they recused themselves of making the necessary decisions.  I’m certainly not trying to stick up for P.W., but it seems like he may have been set-up by the Board at the WB.  They clearly didn’t like him (and who can fault them for that?) and I think they may have used this as a way to get rid of him. 

Damn - if this is true these guys are so dastardly they could be modern American Republicans!

It’s time for him to repay his debt to all of our troops who have been died in vain in Iraq.

He, his ex-boss Rumsfeld, and all his accomplices at DOD ought to be prosecuted for their crimes when drawing invasion plan in Iraq in which thousands troops killed, thousands and thousands more wounded and lost their future indefinitely, hundreds thousands Iraqis massacred…and the whole torn country is bathing in blood.

What can we describe these guys ? You name it !

It seems that investigations into Wolfowitz’s other activities should begin.

Inquiries seem appropriate to look into his activities during his tenure as assistant secretary of defense under Donald Rumsfeld, and as supervisor of Douglas Feith and the Office of Special Plans.

Related to this, the article below may be of interest:

“‘Intelligence failures’ prior to 9/11, Iraq war: Planned strategies?” (AmericanChronicle.com)

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=3367

sorry sorry and sorry what he said, “half a million what he gets”  now that is a real bank robbery

“And, in usual Republican board-room Socialism, he will get close to a half-million in severance pay.”

Of the perhaps 20 or 30 jobs I held over 50 years in the work-force, I left only one on a “termination for cause” basis - (I thought the boss was an idiot and told him so - that just about did it) - but I missed the part where I was entitled to SEVERENCE PAY.

Do you think I should get a lawyer and apply for it?

There is no god-damned way public servants at any level who are “fired for cause”/incompetence or who resign just ahead of being fired, should receive a cent in severence pay beyond two weeks pay in lieu of notice.

If our representatives weren’t part of the crowd at risk of getting caught with their hand in the cookiejar, we’d have a law to this effect. But since they’re part of the scam, we never will.

Ah…one by one the Dominos fall.  Next…Gonzales, Cheney, Rove, and finally the Shrub!
This whole process is way too slow, but, better slow than not at all.

ABOUT TIME HE’S OUT OF THE WORLD BANK! Now real help may arrive to poverty-struck countries, unless his position is given to another bastard.

I mainly despise this neo-con terrorist for the Wolfowitz doctrine.

Re Comment: #70665 by RAE on 5/17

Rae:

He was absolutely recognized as an unethical sociopath, that’s why the Bush/Cheney admin. chose him.  There’s a definite pattern here, wouldn’t you say?

Kick him out immediately not until June 30, 2007. Such kind of virus has to be eliminated without coup-de-grace !

While the World Bank is regularly criticized for its policies, the organization does provide much of the relief for developing countries and it is unfortunate that Wolfowitz’s decisions have impeded the efforts. If the issues that face the world today are to be addressed, better leaders are needed.

Politics should not be made part of organizations that are seeking to assist developing countries reverse the effects of poverty. The Borgen Project states that one in five people survive on less than $1 per day. In 2000, global leaders agreed to the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, a time frame for addressing top global concerns, including poverty reduction. As the world’s agenda setters, the Bush administration must be accountable to the pledge that was made by choosing wisely and outside of political lines when nominating the next leader of the World Bank.

Olde tyme snake oil salesman.

What I can’t figure out is how creeps like him aren’t recognized for the unethical sociopaths that they are long before they’re even considered for the top jobs.

Would YOU even buy a used car from someone who looks, acts and sounds like he does? What the hell is wrong with people that they can be so easily snowed?