Is President Bush dumping the neocons?
Is President Bush getting rid of the neoconservative ideologues who supposedly shaped his response to 9/11? It may appear so. First he packed of John Bolton, to the UN and now Paul Wolfowitz to the World Bank. Douglas Feith, widely believed to be responsible for doctoring the intelligence on Iraq's WMDs is leaving soon. The Wolfowitz, Feith and Bolton firm easily constitutes the core of the neocons in the Bush Administration. Does their departure signifiy change of policy, from war mongering to diplomacy?
We must wait and see who the replacements are. This could just be an excercise in troops rotation. Neocons go out and other neocons come in. There are rumors that either Wolfowitz or Feith will be replaced with another strongly hawkish individual [Eric Edelman, US ambassador to Turkey has just resigned]. Let us hope that things are changing for the better.
Meanwhile, can anybody explain the logic behind appointing hardcore unilateralists to multilateral institutions?
We must wait and see who the replacements are. This could just be an excercise in troops rotation. Neocons go out and other neocons come in. There are rumors that either Wolfowitz or Feith will be replaced with another strongly hawkish individual [Eric Edelman, US ambassador to Turkey has just resigned]. Let us hope that things are changing for the better.
Meanwhile, can anybody explain the logic behind appointing hardcore unilateralists to multilateral institutions?
2 Comments:
I have not read much about Paul Wolfowitz appointment to the World Bank, but I see it as a way to tighten the "Z" circle around the emerging economies, especially in Asia.
Also, John Bolton went to United Nations. Now, it is definitely the "Z" circle thing :)
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