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Wolfowitz to leave World Bank, return to Mordor

See ya later, Wolfie.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz will resign at the end of June, his leadership undermined by the generous compensation he arranged for his girlfriend.

His departure was announced late Thursday by the World Bank board.

Wolfowitz’s departure ends a two-year run at the development bank that was marked by controversy from the start, given his previous role as a major architect of the Iraq war when he served as the No. 2 official at the Pentagon. read more.

And again, here’s Juan Cole’s critique of how Wolfowitz’s cronyism which cost him his job at the World Bank was also what caused the Iraq debacle.

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 17th, 2007 at 16:13 and is filed under Politics, corruption. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

2 Responses to “Wolfowitz to leave World Bank, return to Mordor”

  • 1
    Stephen
    May 17th, 2007 22:32

    I used to think the critics of the world bank were being a little hysterical. Then Bush got to appoint the head, and he picked this asshole. Kind of makes the world bank look like a joke.

  • 2
    Matt
    May 25th, 2007 20:44

    I am glad the Deciders inside the World Bank had the balls to not let a Bushie destroy their institution. Finally a fox thrown out of the hen house. Great under read blog! Thanks googlebot.

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