Ding, Dong, the Witz has Fled
The reaction among World Bank employees at the news that Paul Wolfowitz, their president, will resign on June 30:
' "Everyone ran into the hallways and were clapping and hugging each other," one employee, who declined to be named, said. '
Bush earlier today complained about journalists dancing on Tony Blair's political grave. He didn't know the half of it.
Those who missed this earlier posting will be interested in my Salon column this week on "Wolfowitz's Fatal Flaw."
posted by Juan Cole @ 5/18/2007 06:03:00 AM
7 Comments:
By making the resignation effective in June, he manages to walk away with the full loot of the severance package that he'd otherwise lose.
But his remarks suggest the very opposite of greed: "The poorest people in the world ... deserve the very best we can deliver"
But the White House said he was doing a great job...
I don't understand???
As a result, "White House to quickly replace Wolfowitz":
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070518/ap_on_bi_ge/world_bank_wolfowitz
Let's spread some neocons love around the world...
Hey, let's help the poor guy. I've been fired lots of times, and I know how bad it can make you feel. How about the education sector, Wolfie? I hear the top spot at Liberty University just opened up this week...
Glad he's leaving. But given the way this administration has acted for the last six-odd years, you have to wonder which corrupt, inept, dishonest, and brainless individual is going to take this one's place...
I think Mr Wolfowitz has shown a consistent disinclination toward truth telling, in the current affair at the Bank and as a foreign policy strategist. When the generous treatment of his friend Ms Riza first came to light, he denied involvement and claimed the deal was negotiated at arms length by the Bank's HR vp. His story was proved to be false, when the memo setting forth his own explicit written directions came to light. (But think about it: what kind of man is simultaneously so craven and arrogant that he blames another for a decision, while knowing that the documentary proof of his own folly is readily available?)
Likewise, his prior assertions about the threat posed by Iraq were shown to be hypothetical at best--after we relied upon them as the cause for war. And, the famous strategy paper (co-authored with Perl and Feith) suggesting that Netanyahu should overthrow Sadam Hussein, reads like an absurd fairy tale.
Facts are important. Mr Wolfowitz and Mr Bush disdain facts, to our great detriment.
Just read the Salon article on Wolfowitz. Neatly lays out what seems to be almost a cookie-cutter pattern of behavior for the neoconservative crowd.
The pervasiveness of the model is one thing that stands out, almost as if we've been invaded by an army of robotic clones, each missing just a few nuts and bolts in critical areas. Anyone been checking for strange lights in the night sky over DC in the last few years?
I doff my hat to you, Professor Cole. Your Ding Dong the Witz is Dead puts my Lone Wolfie to shame.
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