« "Americans have no place in Iraq" | Main | Anti-Wolfowitz from inside the World Bank »
March 19, 2005
"Wolfie", the cold shower
And suddenly, all the speeches and columns about a new era in transatlantic relations faded into illusions. George Bush's choice to nominate Paul Wolfofitz as the next World Bank president is seen in France as another sign of America's will to control the world's most important organizations. French daily Le Monde titled it's editorial just as The New York Times' "Why Wolfovitz?".
"A few days after his european visit, George Bush takes a new unilateralist decision that reminds of his first presidency and contradicts his speech about dialogue", says Le Monde's editorialist.
Wolfofitz, described as one of the Iraqi war's architects, is designed as one of the thinkers that inspired the crusades of "good against evil" to George Bush and is therefore the wrong profile for the presidency of the World Bank.
"For a large part of the world, Mr. Wolfowitz's nomination appears as a new manifestation of America's arrogance".
Read Le Monde's coverage:
Pourquoi Wolfowitz?
Les deux vies de "Wolfie", le "néo-con" au "cœur qui saigne"
Posted March 19, 2005 01:40 PM
Comments
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)