Jerusalem Post's Man of the Year: Paul Wolfowitz

[barbaraann]

BRET STEPHENS:
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Man of the Year

NO question: This was Paul Wolfowitz's year. On September 15, 2001, at a meeting in Camp David, he advised President George W. Bush to skip Kabul and train American guns on Baghdad. In March 2003, he got his wish. In the process, Wolfowitz became the most influential US deputy defense secretary ever - can you so much as name anyone else who held the post? And he's on the shortlist to succeed Colin Powell as secretary of state.
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The difference with Wolfowitz, too, is that his hawkish leanings on defense (the Economist once called him the administration's "velociraptor") combine with a remarkable optimism about the prospects for Mideast democracy. When President Bush says, "America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons" - that's Wolfowitz talking. When the president calls for "a new Arab charter that champions internal reform, greater political participation, economic openness and free trade" - that's Wolfowitz's talking, too.
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http://info.jpost.com/C003/Supplements/MOTY/art.01.html


Being the "velociraptor" of the BFEE is a good thing? I'm at a loss for words yet again.

[Trajan]

1. I/P forums 'Man of the Year' ...

Paul Wolfowitz .....

[barbaraann]

4. Oh, I missed that.

But I think the "velociraptor" nickname would be a good thing to get out in the mainstream.

Hey, is the JP saying that David Icke is right? ;)

[DuctapeFatwa]

2. Damn! I had a bet of a LARGE pizza that they would pick General Boykin

It just seemed so right. Wolfowitz is a good match for them though. I guess I'll go rustle up those pizza coupons.

[mmm]

3. How did they manage to pass on Bush!?

I thought Bush was a shoe-in.

[chiburb]

5. Of course his partner-in-crime Perle...

Sits on the board of the Post and Hollinger Intl.

[Jacobin]

6. Good god

They aren't even subtle about it anymore

[GreyV]

7. Perle...

I was thinking it would be Perle, but I guess he's just too genocidal for JP...or not enough. Awww, Israel the shining beacon of democracy... cough>...bullshi*..<cough

[eissa]

8. I'm surprised it wasn't bin laden

the war on terra has given the Sharon administration a great excuse to increase the oppression and target killings.

[thebigidea]

9. lets hear it for Wolfie!

http://www.terminalproduct.com/wolfowitz.rm

Better off Wolfowitz!