Wolfowitz Blocked by Iraq Chaos He Didn't Foresee

[sabra]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aaaBReZ_Mzo0&refer=us

Wolfowitz Blocked by Iraq Chaos He Didn't Foresee

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Wolfowitz, one of the architects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, left President George W. Bush's administration in June to run the Washington-based World Bank. His new role -- helping direct the redevelopment of schools, bridges and other infrastructure in Iraq -- is being hampered by a level of violence and political instability he once predicted wouldn't occur.

``There's not a lot you can do when the security is bad,'' said Ivan Eland, a former defense analyst at the Congressional Budget Office who is now with the Oakland, California-based policy group Independent Institute. ``You have trouble getting people to go there.''

The World Bank, the largest financer of projects in developing nations, estimated in December 2003 that Iraq would need as much as $35.8 billion in reconstruction aid from 2005 through 2007. As of September 2005, the bank had financed only $156.8 million in projects and allocated $366 million more through a trust set up with the United Nations, World Bank documents show.

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It isn't clear when staff can return, said Wolfowitz, 61, who left his job as U.S. deputy defense secretary to replace Wolfensohn. The bank ``is weighing the relative risks against the potential gains in terms of greater effectiveness,'' Wolfowitz told reporters Sept. 19. ``There's no question it is dangerous.''

[warrens]

1. Another failing upward fuckwit

We could wipe out the national debt by lining these morons up and charging a buck a slap.

[Burried News]

3. How much extra if I use my Fristian glove?

Frist was afraid to pick it up yesterday so I thought I'd pick it up.

[MuseRider]

4. We would be rolling

in dough for a long time if we could do that. Hell, I would manage to scrape up a lot of money to do that.

LOL, funny post.

[wordpix2]

20. LMAO, good idea, I'll buy 20 for starters

[WhiteTara]

28. you're absolutely right and what fun it would be too! n/t

[Burried News]

2. There's no question it is dangerous - but not for you Wolfie

Will you be skiing in Aspen again this year?

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. At least not after they almost blew his ass up when they rocketed

his hotel...

Wolfowitz escaped unharmed, which was, to be sure, a great relief to the people of the world...

[Burried News]

8. They probably have a cement truck with his name on it

and thousands of friendlies who will provide his itinerary free of charge.

[arewenotdemo]

27. That would have sent a real message to the neocons

Too bad they didn't get the chance to be pall-bearers for one of their war criminal brethren.

[daleo]

18. The aspens turn in clusters.

I suppose they ski in clusters too.

[wordpix2]

21. oh, no, I think Wolfie prefers Vail

[Burried News]

25. Vail - beautiful place - welcome to DU.

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. "...weighing the relative risks against the potential gains...

..in terms of greater effectiveness"

How can anyone take these fucking clowns seriously.

Next we'll learn that "proactive measures are being taken to coordinate synergistic responses that both think outside the box and fulfill the mission and values of the Bank."

Shall I puke now, or should I "defer any decision-making with regard to that issue until a more positive timeframe has been established"?

Fucking double-talking half-witted scumbags.

[cliss]

7. That pretty much sums it up....

I've written many times that Paul Wolfowitz is an overpaid pencil-pusher. He's sat in an office his entire career. Sits there and daydreams, lets his imagination run wild.....Lovely Iraq, Lovely oil gushing through the sand....Lovely triumph, where Paul would be carried through the streets as a new Alexander the Great.

I swear to you, Paul once said, "They will be singing songs about us in the future". What does that tell you about his level of psychosis.

AND NOW he gets to live with the mess he created. How incredibly ironic.

[acmavm]

10. It not only says a lot about his level of psychosis, it tells you all you

ever needed to know about his I.Q. (or rather lack of).

[KamaAina]

14. Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye!

That's the song they're gonna be singing about the neocon cabal in the (hopefully near) future!

edit: itals

[Jim Sagle]

17. That wasn't Paul who said that. That was Perle.

[Lilith Velkor]

19. Technically, Perle was right

"Mosh" and "Let Them Eat War" come to mind...

[wordpix2]

23. yes, we are already singing songs about Wolfie and his BushCo but

they're not the hymns of praise he envisoned.

More like:

Hell, no
What for?
We don't want your lying war.

[mikeytherat]

13. You missed one

"The paradigm of Iraq has shifted, and we must refocus our core competencies."

Other than that, you nailed it.

mikey_the_rat

[DS1]

9. Cut the guy some slack

Yoda, in his infinite wisdom, couldn't even see an entire governmental and military coup going on right under his nose :D

[Daphne08]

11. This is what happens when chickenhawk idealogues

plan and launch a war. :mad:

[chelsea0011]

12. Destroyed those who he is now paid to help? Makes sense in Bush World

[cassiepriam]

15. yep. BushCo makes money destroying Iraq, then more $$ by rebuilding it.

Then even more when they can steal the oil. Of course America
goes bankrupt, but Bush and pals will be vastly wealthy.

[wordpix2]

24. once we have the robber barons in jail, the $$$ must be

shaken out of them and restored to the Treasury where it came from.

[cassiepriam]

30. I have wished the same thing. We get our money back from the con artists.

[donkeyotay]

16. The Washington thing got hot, so now he's robbing us long distance

Him and his bud Chalabi doing good things. It's heart warming. But WHO COULD HAVE IMAGINED there'd be trouble? You could do the A-Z of this whole cabal from A)who could of imagined to Z) I don't recall.

Yet, the monkey in chief just keeps promoting them.

[fshrink]

22. I disagree.

The chaos was predictable, very easily, by the way, with minimal knowledge of the area. The chaos was indeed predicted and indeed counted upon. The PNAC-inspired strategy was and is to destabilize, to create endless emergency conditions and to preempt the ME market over the EU. The price for such strategy is of course considered irrelevant. People have been sent to their death for much smaller political and econimic gains. The PNAC and its thinkers are responsible for this chaos and should, but probably never will, be held accountable for it.

[leesa]

26. I'm sure it doesn't prevent him from pocketing the money, so what's the

problem?

[Norquist Nemesis]

29. Poor little NeoCon

Fuckwit is spot on!

[Disturbed]

31. Mission accomplished.

Bush Regime Iraq Successes

1. Saddam will no longer sell Iraqi oil via the Euro.

2, A military foothold in the ME. Other than Saudi Arabia.

3, No countries will be able to buy Iraqi oil that the U.S. disapproves of.

4. The Multi-Intl. Oil Corps are reaping great profits.

5. The Military Industrial Complex is a booming Industry.

"The terrorists want to control the oil. Our way of life will be at risk". George W. Bush