According to a letter I recieved today of all days because I am on the e-mail list for one of the best journalists there is.
WOLFOWITZ TURNS DOWN WORLD BANK POST NEOCONSERVATIVE ACCEPTS BLAME FOR INTELLIGENCE ERRORS
Friday Apr 1, 2005
by Greg Palast
[Brussels] In a unexpected turn of events, controversial US Pentagon official Paul Wolfowitz has turned down the post of President of the
World Bank. The Deputy Defense Secretary had won unanimous support of World Bank trustees in a vote Thursday despite widespread objections to the appointment in the European press.
In a statement issued today by the Deputy Secretary before departing Brussels, Mr. Wolfowitz cited the release of the Silberman-Robb Commission report to the President on failures of US intelligence in Iraq.
Mr. Wolfowitz noted that on March 27, 2003, he had testified before the US Congress that the post-war reconstruction of that nation would not cost any "US taxpayer money." Rather, Iraq's oil would pay the tab for the post-conquest rebuilding.
The price tag is now inching toward $200 billion. Mr. Wolfowitz, long associated with neo-conservative factions in the Bush Administration, angrily responded to the Silberman-Robb Commission's accusation that his
intelligence on Iraq was flawed or deficient.
"That's just plain wrong. In fact, the Pentagon had incontrovertible evidence that my projections were as phony as a three-dollar bill. Don't
blame the CIA. We saw their intelligence and preferred an alternative reality."
A World Bank spokesman reached in Washington, when asked about the Wolfowitz rejection of the institution's presidency, said, "It's sounds
like another cheap April Fool's Day trick by Greg Palast to call attention to his investigative report on the Bush Administration's secret plans
for Iraq's oil -- out in this month's Harper's Magazine."
Greg Palast has written tons of great stories in the last few months that really should get more attention. He's also an incredibly entertaining speaker.
The poor guy had to go to the U.K. because our media sucks here.
Go check out his Website and read about the truth about why we went to Iraq and what happened in New Mexico and Ohio last year. And watch the videos on his Website too!
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