What George Bush thinks about Africa
I'll post more on Friday. For now, some links to good pieces on Paul Wolfowitz, the neo-conservative former US Deputy Defence Secretary who's just been nominated for head of the World Bank (yes, believe it or not it wasn't Bono).
Here's one's from Juan Cole, and another from Noam Chomsky. The Chomsky piece isn't dedicated to Wolfowitz but he gets a substantial mention, which gets right to the real point about the man. Have a read and then consider the idea of this man being a key leader in world economic development.
It wouldn't be in the least bit overstating the case to describe this as a catastrophe for the world's poor. Forget the honeyed words at foreign summits. Along with the recent appointment of John Bolton to UN Ambassador this appointment gives the clearest indication possible of the direction the US will take in the next four years; outright unilateral extremism. You heard from Blair last week. Well, this is what his boss thinks about Africa
Here's one's from Juan Cole, and another from Noam Chomsky. The Chomsky piece isn't dedicated to Wolfowitz but he gets a substantial mention, which gets right to the real point about the man. Have a read and then consider the idea of this man being a key leader in world economic development.
It wouldn't be in the least bit overstating the case to describe this as a catastrophe for the world's poor. Forget the honeyed words at foreign summits. Along with the recent appointment of John Bolton to UN Ambassador this appointment gives the clearest indication possible of the direction the US will take in the next four years; outright unilateral extremism. You heard from Blair last week. Well, this is what his boss thinks about Africa
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