Adieu. That was painfully drawn out....Indeed:But to comprehend his doomed-ness and what to make of it, one needs to step back. Why was he given the job in the first place? He had no obviously qualifications for it. He's read some neoliberal political commentary about...
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So Wolfie is now holed up in his office with a shotgun and a year's supply of Twinkies, and he's not coming out without a deal, ya stinkin' pigs.Meantime, Rick.
To add to Matt's point that the perception that Wolfowitz is corrupt and hypocritical has actual consequences, it should also be noted that Wolfowitz is particularly vulnerable on this point.
Obviously, Paul Wolfowitz's personal corruption is both bad in itself and undermines the anti-corruption principles he's purportedly trying to bring to the World Bank. As John Cassidy's recent profile informs us, however, there's another major example of his rather selective application of anti-corruption principles. First,...