H.D.S. Greenway: The problem that is Paul Wolfowitz

[Eugene]

Source: Boston Globe

H.D.S. GREENWAY
The problem that is Paul Wolfowitz

By H.D.S. Greenway | April 17, 2007

"PAUL WOLFOWITZ is often mentioned as the most brilliant person in
government. . . . He is the intellectual force behind a whole new way
of looking at US foreign policy. But for all of that (he) should be
fired."

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The real problem with Wolfowitz, however, is that he is a compulsive
idealist who cannot see that the price of his ideals may be too high to
pay, or that they may do more harm than good.

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The same traits that marked his Pentagon job followed him into the bank
-- the arrogance, the hubris, and the neoconservative doctrine of going
it alone and imposing America's way.

A wiser man might see that ignoring World Bank experts, board members,
and staff to push through your own agenda, relying on henchmen you
had brought over from the Pentagon, might not be the best way to go
about getting the bank's work done.

The astonishing thing is that he would be given another chance to
practice his zealotry at the World Bank, especially after being the
architect of a losing war strategy at the Pentagon.

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[MADem]

1. "Compulsive idealist" makes him sound like a good guy. Hitler was one, too...!!!

Of course, Hitler had a compulsion about a German speaking world full of blonde haired blue eyed sonsabitches and no Jews.

But I gotta say, this guy has the Wolf nailed. He was a baastid in his younger years, he was one at DOD this last round, and he's one now. No improving with age for that jerk!

If character is destiny, one sees a direct link between Wolfowitz's twin failures at the Pentagon and at the World Bank. One sees the danger of idealists who are so sure of their own abilities and truths that they are blind to the damage they do.