Paul Wolfowitz to join ... Haliburton
Actually I've no idea which of his buddies is going to maintain his income, but by the end of the week he won't be at the World Bank.
He's managed to get seven vice presidents sacked in less then two years, and he's staffed the always problematic neo-colonial institution with more neo-con and Opus Dei debris -- Robin Cleveland, Kevin Kellems, Suzanne Rich Folsom and Juan José Daboub. It is factual correct that all senior Bank positions filled under former Assistant Secretary of Defense Wolfowitz have been by people who were directly involved in the "Coalition of the Willing".
If you think that the Wold Bank could be, or should be, a force for good, than turning it into the GWOT-without-end (or cause) finance authority may concern you more than a paycheck for a sex partner.
Its another appointment for Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid to consider. Bush will appoint whomever he wants, as the appointment is not subject to confirmation the Senate, and they have the opportunity to make as much, or as little, of the co-mingling of the World Bank and the Iraq War as they choose.
This is the big ticket item, were we get to talk about what Africa and Latin America and Asia and human development and biological diversity and our ideas and ideals mean, in the context of endemic disease, structural underdevelopment, women's and girls education and access to birth control, drought, famine and flood.
We do have positions on those issues, neh? Positions a lot of Republicans and Independents share, and our positions are wicked distinct from those of the Bush gang.
