Satire-Defying
Today, Mr. Bush nominated Paul Wolfowitz, the current Deputy Secretary of Defence, to head the World Bank (http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1439191,00.html). Wolfowitz is known as being one of the leading figures to push for the war in Iraq, and for never in his life having done anything related to his new job. Mr. Wolfowitz has never worked in reducing poverty, protecting the environment, protecting human rights, or even banking, all of which are, believe it or not, what the head of the World Bank is supposed to do. We can only assume that he will follow Mr. Bush's misanthropic lead in these areas, since there is nothing else to base our expectations on. I don't think I need to tell anyone that this would be bad for poor countries. They can look forward to more debt, worsening living conditions, and the occasional American invasion. These things would probably happen anyway, but Mr. Wolfowitz will just make matters worse.
posted by Meesher at 5:30 PM
3 Comments:
It figures. This has never stopped him before, or any other member of the Bush administration.
He never served in the military, and that didn't stop him from being Undersecretary of Defense. He'll suck at his new job, just as he sucked at his old one.
Well, friends, this is the Dubya we're talking about. God forbid he should nominate anything other than a yes-man or someone similar.
You have a point, OKDemocrat, but that doesn't mean that it's not bad.
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