Thursday, May 17, 2007
Power Corrupts, and makes you an Arse
The gall and greed of Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, is astounding. After his role in securing a pay rise for his partner, Shaha Riza, who used to work at the bank, he and his lawyer are arguing:-
* "Mr Wolfowitz will not resign under this cloud," - Er, people don't normally resign when things are going well do they? It's because of this cloud that he should resign.
* It was reported that he wanted the board to agree to accept some of the blame for the scandal relating to his girlfriend's pay rise. - The only mistake the board made was putting him in charge in the first place.
* "You still have the opportunity to avoid long-term damage by resolving this matter in a fair and equitable way that recognises that we all tried to do the right thing," Mr Wolfowitz said in a statement. - The world bank is trying to do the right thing and get rid of him. What's the "right thing" that Paul ever did?
Why can't people accept that they were wrong and get rid? Why do they have to go down fighting, throwing baseless accusations at everyone else?
* "Mr Wolfowitz will not resign under this cloud," - Er, people don't normally resign when things are going well do they? It's because of this cloud that he should resign.
* It was reported that he wanted the board to agree to accept some of the blame for the scandal relating to his girlfriend's pay rise. - The only mistake the board made was putting him in charge in the first place.
* "You still have the opportunity to avoid long-term damage by resolving this matter in a fair and equitable way that recognises that we all tried to do the right thing," Mr Wolfowitz said in a statement. - The world bank is trying to do the right thing and get rid of him. What's the "right thing" that Paul ever did?
Why can't people accept that they were wrong and get rid? Why do they have to go down fighting, throwing baseless accusations at everyone else?
