Comments on: Being Paul Wolfowitz’s girlfriend http://www.owen.org/blog/686 Thoughts on development and beyond Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Andrews http://www.owen.org/blog/686/comment-page-1#comment-2503 Bill Andrews Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:35:43 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/686#comment-2503 It's instructive to reflect on the fact that Wolfowitz predicted a cakewalk in Iraq and noted that there was no history of ethnic conflict in that country. He must be equally clueless when it comes to personal relationships. This is certainly a case of conflict of interest. Too often the Bushies have shown that power in the public realm is little more than the opportunity to promote self-interest or the interests of friends and family members. If they were blood relatives, the word would be nepotism. If not, then really bad judgment.   It’s instructive to reflect on the fact that Wolfowitz predicted a cakewalk in Iraq and noted that there was no history of ethnic conflict in that country. He must be equally clueless when it comes to personal relationships. This is certainly a case of conflict of interest. Too often the Bushies have shown that power in the public realm is little more than the opportunity to promote self-interest or the interests of friends and family members. If they were blood relatives, the word would be nepotism. If not, then really bad judgment.  

]]> By: Liz http://www.owen.org/blog/686/comment-page-1#comment-2504 Liz Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:34:13 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/686#comment-2504 If you are interested in following this in more depth, please see http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3227.aspx which seems to be rather well informed from the inside, including links to comments on the internal Staff Association website... If you are interested in following this in more depth, please see http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3227.aspx which seems to be rather well informed from the inside, including links to comments on the internal Staff Association website…

]]> By: Adam Jackson http://www.owen.org/blog/686/comment-page-1#comment-2501 Adam Jackson Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:44:25 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/686#comment-2501 It's a wonderful irony. Paul Wolfowitz makes corruption the centre-piece of his time at the World Bank and then this. How exactly does Mr Wolfowitz think corruption happens? It's countless little acts like this one. Well done to the staff for making a noise. It's a disgrace. It’s a wonderful irony. Paul Wolfowitz makes corruption the centre-piece of his time at the World Bank and then this. How exactly does Mr Wolfowitz think corruption happens? It’s countless little acts like this one. Well done to the staff for making a noise. It’s a disgrace.

]]> By: Owen http://www.owen.org/blog/686/comment-page-1#comment-2502 Owen Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:17:56 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/686#comment-2502 <p> Pablo</p><p>Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen the full article - it is, as you say, well worth reading in full.</p><p>Owen </p> Pablo

Thanks for the link. I hadn’t seen the full article – it is, as you say, well worth reading in full.

Owen 

]]> By: Pablo http://www.owen.org/blog/686/comment-page-1#comment-2500 Pablo Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:56:18 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/686#comment-2500 I found the whole New Yorker piece well worth a read. <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/09/070409fa_fact_cassidy" rel="nofollow">http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/09/070409fa_fact_cassidy</a> I found the whole New Yorker piece well worth a read.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/09/070409fa_fact_cassidy

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