Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Oh No: Wolfowitz Nominated to run World Bank
Wolfowitz is simply one of the most pisonous neocons in the Bush administration. He is an ideologue of first order, one that is entirely willing to let hundreds of thousand die for his ideas. Given that he was one of the primary drivers behind the war in Iraq, he has already left a trail of blood and human misery behind him. Putting him in charge of the world bank is like dropping a viper into a nursery. If he was head of the world bank, I shiver to imagine the suffering that will be unleased upon the world.
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President George W Bush has nominated US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz as the next head of the World Bank, a key development agency.
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President George W Bush has nominated US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz as the next head of the World Bank, a key development agency.
Mr Wolfowitz has earned a reputation as a hawk during his time as Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's deputy, and was a strong advocate of the Iraq war.
President Bush described Mr Wolfowitz as a "compassionate, decent man" committed to global development.
His choice of a hardliner to run the agency is likely to be controversial.
Mr Bush said Mr Wolfowitz was "a man of good experience" and a skilled diplomat who had "helped manage a large organisation" during his time at the Pentagon.
Privately, current World Bank president James Wolfensohn had made it clear that he had wanted to continue but failed to get White House backing.
