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| Wolfie Promises No Democracy Preaching |
| 2005-03-28 |
| "If I am confirmed I will be an international civil servant. I will be president of a multilateral organization with 184 member nations," Wolfowitz said in the interview in Indonesia's leading English-language daily. Sure, you will be just like Kofi, not... Asked if he would use his position to promote democracy, Wolfowitz said: "I think people know what I think on that subject, but I think I'll be more effective if I concentrate on those things that lead to poverty reduction and economic development." Wolfowitz said while issues of corruption and governance were not easy to separate from democracy, he would focus on getting donors to be more generous, developed countries to open their markets and developing nations to tackle corruption. No I swear, I will naver say democracies are cool, not even once...it just wouldn't be very pc to impose our democratic freedoms on the rest of the world...really, it wouldn't |
| Posted by:Ol_Dirty_American |
| #6 Now now, let's settle down. The article says "no preaching." What he meant is, he is not going to keep the status quo, and apply/preach then repeat/rinse, anymore. The baseball bat option will be used more often. In other words, if the turd world dictators don't shape up, guess what, NO LOANS or LOANS w/45% interest. This is Bush's brilliant plan to attack dictators militarily, diplomatically, and financially, respectivily. Personally, I love the plan. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-03-28 10:37:08 AM |
| #5 UN's a joke. If a leader won't allow his people to vote, how the f*ck does this clown rate a vote at the UN? |
| Posted by: BH 2005-03-28 10:09:22 AM |
| #4 C'mon, Wolfie! We got the momentum in our favor now! Look at the street movements in the Ukraine, Iraq, Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan, Taiwan, etc. It's time to slam it home, not back off! |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-03-28 9:58:17 AM |
| #3 Wolfie detoothed? Maybe in words but not in deeds. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-03-28 9:12:41 AM |
| #2 "Do or do not... there is no try." |
| Posted by: Yoda 2005-03-28 9:11:23 AM |
| #1 Asked if he would use his position to promote democracy, Wolfowitz said: "I think people know what I think on that subject, but I think I’ll be more effective if I concentrate on those things that lead to poverty reduction and economic development." Dictatorship is the leading cause of poverty. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2005-03-28 8:38:36 AM |