Another one bites the dust, celebratory festivities erupt as globa-phobic intelligentsia forget that Bush will appoint his replacement. Lesson learned: don't shit where you eat.
Goodbye Paulie, we knew you once (literally, once, you tenure was a joke).
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invention wrote:
not much of a win: rumor has it blair is the replacement. one iraq boy for another one.
I doubt it'll be Blair. In all likeliness it's going to be another American.
But I'm glad Wolfowitz left. He had no other option. It's a good thing they didn't allow him to stay based solely on the fact that he's a Bush croney.
I'm curious as to the exact reasons, though. This Dutch World bank board member has claimed Wolfowitz was to be fired anyway because of his faulty leadership in general.
But good to see him go. Hope he doesn't show up somewhere else. Seriously, what a way to fight corruption on a global scale, by bordering on it yourself.
And even then he didn't want to leave. What integrity.
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Timber wrote:
invention wrote:
not much of a win: rumor has it blair is the replacement. one iraq boy for another one.
I doubt it'll be Blair. In all likeliness it's going to be another American.
But I'm glad Wolfowitz left. He had no other option. It's a good thing they didn't allow him to stay based solely on the fact that he's a Bush croney.
I'm curious as to the exact reasons, though. This Dutch World bank board member has claimed Wolfowitz was to be fired anyway because of his faulty leadership in general.
But good to see him go. Hope he doesn't show up somewhere else. Seriously, what a way to fight corruption on a global scale, by bordering on it yourself. And even then he didn't want to leave. What integrity.
According to the Economist, the particular reason is some benefits he gave to his girlfriend, who left when he took his position but got some nice compensation in return. That pretty much exploded into a struggle betwixt himself and the board and they weren't able to get much else done. But there very well might have been more for all I know.
yeah from whatever i've read in the paper most people under him wanted him out and everybody lost confidence in him or whatever. if you have a leader that nobody trusts, thats no good. and if hes a douchebag like wolfoqitz thats even worse. good riddence. i would like to see tony blair take his place but that would go against how many years of tratitoion of having an american leading the world bank. pretty rediciuolous.
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The ridiculous part is having someone in charge of the World Bank with absolutely no experience in the field. Of course he was a poor manager. He didn't know what he was doing.
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