Comments on: Paul Wolfowitz nominated to World Bank http://www.owen.org/blog/1195 Thoughts on development and beyond Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: owen http://www.owen.org/blog/1195/comment-page-1#comment-913 owen Mon, 21 Mar 2005 02:36:43 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/2005/03/16/paul-wolfowitz-nominated/#comment-913 The evidence for Paul Wolfowitz's views on America's right to use superior military strength to impose its will on other countries seems pretty strong. Where is your evidence to the contrary? The evidence for Paul Wolfowitz’s views on America’s right to use superior military strength to impose its will on other countries seems pretty strong. Where is your evidence to the contrary?

]]> By: am http://www.owen.org/blog/1195/comment-page-1#comment-912 am Fri, 18 Mar 2005 05:41:42 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/2005/03/16/paul-wolfowitz-nominated/#comment-912 One day, someone will write a book about how people could come to believe that Wolfowitz is possessed by a "primitive America-first patriotism". A lot of books. Please, Brian. Try to become just a little bit informed? One day, someone will write a book about how people could come to believe that Wolfowitz is possessed by a “primitive America-first patriotism”. A lot of books.

Please, Brian. Try to become just a little bit informed?

]]> By: Brian Barder http://www.owen.org/blog/1195/comment-page-1#comment-911 Brian Barder Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:12:52 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/2005/03/16/paul-wolfowitz-nominated/#comment-911 This European, for one, is outraged by the proposal, which feels like a spit in the face for the many European, third world and other governments and peoples around the world who were vehemently opposed to the attack on Iraq (of which Wolfowitz was of course a prime choirmaster) and who will be hard to convince that a leading American neo-con like PW can, or will even try to, subordinate his primitive America-first patriotism to the international mindset required by a very senior international official such as the President of the World Bank. The fact that Wolfowitz has absolutely no knowledge or experience of development issues is the least of the objections to this malevolent proposal. If the governments of the EU can't get their act together and collectively reject such an insulting nomination, we might as well disband and go home. Of course we need the US financial contribution to the IBRD's activities, but I prefer to believe that even President George W. Bush would hesitate to punish the starving huddled masses of the world out of pique at the perfectly justifiable anger of his rich-world partners over such a provocative and manifestly unacceptable proposal by the White House. Brian brianbarder@stcatharinescollege.org http://www.barder.com/brian/ 17 March 05 This European, for one, is outraged by the proposal, which feels like a spit in the face for the many European, third world and other governments and peoples around the world who were vehemently opposed to the attack on Iraq (of which Wolfowitz was of course a prime choirmaster) and who will be hard to convince that a leading American neo-con like PW can, or will even try to, subordinate his primitive America-first patriotism to the international mindset required by a very senior international official such as the President of the World Bank. The fact that Wolfowitz has absolutely no knowledge or experience of development issues is the least of the objections to this malevolent proposal. If the governments of the EU can’t get their act together and collectively reject such an insulting nomination, we might as well disband and go home.

Of course we need the US financial contribution to the IBRD’s activities, but I prefer to believe that even President George W. Bush would hesitate to punish the starving huddled masses of the world out of pique at the perfectly justifiable anger of his rich-world partners over such a provocative and manifestly unacceptable proposal by the White House.

Brian
brianbarder@stcatharinescollege.org
http://www.barder.com/brian/
17 March 05

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