Wolfowitz

[fp3690]

Hitchens seems to be changing views completely about every five years. Wolfowitz should resign, but the rules of pride and responsibility never apply to right wing hawks

[chauchau]

wait... there's more.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/blument...urce=whitelist

[butler blue]

Let's add The Economist's words to the list. http://www.economist.com/displaystor...ory_id=9040244

I liked this paragraph:

Demoralised, the bank is also compromised. Mr Wolfowitz has espoused a policy of “zero tolerance” towards graft and corruption in the bank's staff and activities. The “actions of even a very small number of individuals can tarnish the reputation of an entire organisation,” he wrote in the latest report of the bank's internal investigations unit. The unit last year found two people guilty of a conflict of interest; both were banned from bank employment. Moreover, the bank allocates aid to the poorest countries according to a formula in which “governance”, broadly defined, plays much the biggest role. Mr Wolfowitz's underlings must rate a country's state apparatus on a scale of one to six, and justify their scores to the government under scrutiny. Where people are promoted according to personal ties rather than merit, the bank gives a score of only two out of six; where ombudsmen and auditors exist, but lack authority, the bank gives a score of just three. So by its own measure, the bank might not now deserve much support.