As Rogoff goes….
It’s a bad, bad sign for Paul Wolfowitz when Kenneth Rogoff decides to write a satirical memo in Wolfowitz’s name for ForeignPolicy.com. It’s an even worse sign when he can write the following paragraph: I trust you [the staff] have not been unduly influenced by the recent letter calling for my immediate resignation, signed by ...
It's a bad, bad sign for Paul Wolfowitz when Kenneth Rogoff decides to write a satirical memo in Wolfowitz's name for ForeignPolicy.com. It's an even worse sign when he can write the following paragraph: I trust you [the staff] have not been unduly influenced by the recent letter calling for my immediate resignation, signed by forty-two former World Bank managing directors, senior vice-presidents, vice-presidents, and directors. You and I can surely see through this thinly-veiled attempt to manipulate the value of ?Paul Wolfowitz resignation? claims [on TradeSports]. I want to assure you that the World Bank Internal Investigations Unit will look into this matter. If any of the letter?s signatories are found guilty of price manipulation, they will be dealt with harshly. Let?s not forget who is paying their pensions. Wolfowitz has argued that he's the victim of a smear campaign, and there's a small grain of truth to that charge in that he is not solely responsible for the current imbroglio over his paramour. However, when the staff that runs Wolfowitz's signature initiative indicates that his problems are compromising that initiative, it's time to say adieu.
It’s a bad, bad sign for Paul Wolfowitz when Kenneth Rogoff decides to write a satirical memo in Wolfowitz’s name for ForeignPolicy.com. It’s an even worse sign when he can write the following paragraph:
I trust you [the staff] have not been unduly influenced by the recent letter calling for my immediate resignation, signed by forty-two former World Bank managing directors, senior vice-presidents, vice-presidents, and directors. You and I can surely see through this thinly-veiled attempt to manipulate the value of ?Paul Wolfowitz resignation? claims [on TradeSports]. I want to assure you that the World Bank Internal Investigations Unit will look into this matter. If any of the letter?s signatories are found guilty of price manipulation, they will be dealt with harshly. Let?s not forget who is paying their pensions.
Wolfowitz has argued that he’s the victim of a smear campaign, and there’s a small grain of truth to that charge in that he is not solely responsible for the current imbroglio over his paramour. However, when the staff that runs Wolfowitz’s signature initiative indicates that his problems are compromising that initiative, it’s time to say adieu.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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