A Wolf at the Door of the World Bank
Or a Wolfowitz, but it was hard to not use the wordplay. The interesting thing to me is how quickly opposition polarized based on Paul Wolfowitz’s record within the Bush administration on Iraq policy. I’ve been particularly hard on him for his role and can’t say I’m his biggest fan, not on Iraq. In a before-we-went-to-war commentary I named Paul as “one of the five” who were taking us to a war no one wanted, that would serve no preventive terrorist purpose and would cost us an arm and a leg both in terms of casualties and money.
Having said all that, is it relevant regarding the World Bank Presidency?
You might call this a reach, but if I don’t happen to care for Tiger Wood’s politics (and I don’t know his politics) does that make him any less effective a golfer? Does being liberal, conservative, new-age or Presbyterian add or detract anything to his 300 yard drives? In another example, I don’t have to agree with my surgeon’s aggressive opinions at a dinner party and the wreck his ma…