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| Holding Their Ground:As Critics Zero In, Paul Wolfowitz Is Unflinching On Iraq Policy |
| 2003-12-23 |
| Severely EFL on this good article on Wolfie. In late September, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz appeared in Manhattan at an event sponsored by the New Yorker magazine. As he began to speak, he was interrupted by shouts of "War criminal!" and "Murderer!" "I can’t resist," he said evenly, surveying the audience. "This is what is wonderful about this country. It is -- " Another shout: "Shame on you." Wolfowitz drove on: " -- and what is finally wonderful is 50 million, roughly 50 million Afghans and Iraqis, are finally able to speak this way without having their tongues cut out." A few minutes later, a young man ran to the base of the stage, jabbed a finger at Wolfowitz and shouted: "You should be tried for treason, you Nazi!" If Wolfowitz was jarred by the attack, he showed no sign of it. Rather, he looked a bit distant as he coolly responded: "Frankly, my own reading of history is that exactly this kind of tactic is what the Nazis did and what the totalitarians did in trying to stop people from listening and talking." Much more at the link. Wolfowitz is a thoughtful, intellectual and utterly driven man. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Wolfowitz has hit it right on the mark. If you question the left they resort to name calling or saying things like 'your so full of shit'.... Never mind the thoughtful dialogue such as on Rantburg. The funny thing is, the person calling him a 'Nazi!' is, himself, acting the part to a T and doesn't even know it. So sad. Especially considering the history of Wolfowitz's extended family. (Mentioned in the article). The real question seems to be: Would Hitler be considered a modern day Conservative or a modern day Liberal? Would Stalin be a Considervative or Liberal? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-12-23 11:30:41 PM |
| #2 I think Wolfowitz's biggest problem is that he will be proved right, again and again. A leftist can be wrong over and over again, and he's glorified as being a 'victim of the man'. A conservative can be right once, and he's branded "HITLER!" for the rest of his life. |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2003-12-23 11:03:46 PM |
| #1 On Brit Hume's show tonight his whole panel agreed that Wolfowitz is a visionary and not much of a hawk. He is pro-democracy. He convinced Reagan not to support Marcos beacuse Wolfowitz felt that the Phillipines were ready for democracy. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-12-23 8:05:20 PM |