Pentagon's Wolfowitz Says He Staying in Bush Team

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, a leading architect of the Iraq war, said on Friday he had been asked to remain in the Bush administration and will do so.

But a spokesman declined to answer further questions, including how long Wolfowitz might stay in President Bush's second term, which begins on Jan. 20, or whether he might have been offered another position.

Wolfowitz is the administration's leading neo-conservative, a group that advocates aggressive American global leadership including the use of military force.

As violence and instability in Iraq has grown, many critics have sought to blame him for U.S. policy mistakes that experts say contributed to the crisis.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-bush-wolfowitz.html

[phusion]

1. yay.

:puke:

[Emillereid]

2. Color me surprised! NOT

A thousand elephants couldn't drag him out of the pentagoon!

[ally_sc]

3. well...isn't rumsfeld leaving town?

i guess this would be his replacement, nice...errrrr

[rooboy]

4. They have to keep him in "the team"...

he's the only one who knows where Iraq is on a map.

[CottonBear]

5. Who else would want Rummy's job? n/t

[Inland]

6. Hell, he's looking for a raise and a kick upstairs, if not a medal.

The worse things go, the greater the reward.

[AlCzervik]

7. Bush can't get rid of any of these criminals

if one were to speak out of tern the walls would come crumbling down.

[leftchick]

8. Great! More comb licking and....

DEATH! :(

[Botany]

9. Great!

Job #1 for Wolfie .....

Walking tour of Mosul, Iraq. He can take the rest of his PNAC folks with him.

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. I'm reading "Against All Enemies" Under the protection of the Bush

Admnistration is the best place for that shit-stirrer to hide.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

16. amen

that book's the best. can you imagine the feeling Clarke must have had when he looked around that room? he knew.

[IndianaGreen]

11. Barf!

Wolfowitz is a pig and a war criminal!

[two gun sid]

12. Rumor on the street

He is gone relatively soon. Rumsfeld has asked for a business exec type of deputy. I have no idea how soon. Something's going on a defense.

[calimary]

13. Oh yippee. That'll be great.

But OF COURSE he's been asked to stay. The biggest frauds, fuck-ups, and other assorted miscreants are all staying, or getting promoted. If he wasn't asked to stay, that'd be tantamount to bush admitting he'd made a mistake. Or that the guy was a truth-teller who finally found his conscience (like Paul O'Neill). Those are the folks who get the heave-ho. Besides, for enough money, he'd probably find enough of a conscience to write a book. Really can't have that, either.

[Just Me]

14. The man who has become what he most fears,...

,...another leader of inhumane destruction.

Meanwhile, he becomes increasingly "shaky" at every public appearance. What is left of his conscience still fights that devil which has directed his obsession.

BAH!!!

Go ahead, you power-clinging wimp,...drag the Jews down,...along with the rest of us. You paranoid freak!!! Get help before you destroy all of us!!!

[cliss]

15. Paul Wolfowitz....

Now there's an example of a high-paid pencil-pusher who had never done anything except sit in an office.

Concocted the plans for World Domination. By the US, of course. He said that we would be a "benevolent dictator" and maintain stability in the world. A la the PNAC.

I think the first time reality hit him hard was his trip to Baghdad to check things out. A bomb exploded in his hotel and killed the U.N. envoy Richard Mello. Wolfowitz barely escaped injury. He was shaken and shocked.

At that moment, he probably realized that he was in over his head. He's had many, MANY opportunities to see his plans falling apart, but it's too difficult to stop now.

The machinery has already forward. The troops are there. We're $200 billion poorer. Many, many people have died over this.

As his dreams of the Benevolent U.S., kindly dominator of the world, recede further back, like the foothills of Arizona.....

[SlavesandBulldozers]

17. How many have died over this? Not many

only like 200 right?

(that's a wolfowitz joke, for the uninitiated)

[Just Me]

18. At least he trembles,...his conscience still controls him.

Honestly, I believe he still holds the capacity to choose.

[driver8]

20. I think Wolfi played too much RISK as a kid...

This world domination thing is completely out of hand.

[driver8]

19. Oh good...I thought he might be leaving...

Fucking war criminals...

[leesa]

21. Of course, plenty more illegal wars to start

[The Judged]

22. Why quit, and lose the free legal services plan? He may soon need it!

[Tweed]

23. Oh fantastic!

:eyes:

[Massachusetts]

24. Comb and all...

No news here.

[gardenista]

25. kick for Khephra

[Webster Green]

26. kick again

[koneko]

27. Kick!

:kick:

[Occulus]

28. In other news,

Water is wet, the sky is blue, and fire is hot.

edited to add: hey Wolfie, I got one word for ya: BLOW.

[anarchy1999]

40. Too sweet.

n/t
Let me repeat, "Water is wet, the sky is blue and fire is hot".

Just F'ing beautiful.

I hate this man and I've never truly hated before. He is EVIL INCARNATE!

[Occulus]

52. Well, I figured

if I throw enough obviousness at him, maybe some of it will sink in and he'll actually, oh, SEE the obvious next time.

HEY WOLFIE: Here's somethin' friggin' obvious for ya! YOUR CELLMATE WILL BE NAMED 'BUBBA' AND HE'LL MAKE YOU DROP THE SOAP! OVER AND OVER!

Oh, and Wolfie, he'll be your friend, just wait and see.

*freshens self* I feel SO much better now. :)

[koneko]

29. Kick!

:kick:

[Swamp Rat]

30. Kick for Khephra

[miss_kitty]

31. kick for Khephra

[lebkuchen]

32. Those in the military who voted for Bush and Wolfie

good luck to you.

[Rhiannon12866]

33. Nooooo!

I don't like any of the "Bush* team," but that underhanded Wolfowitz has to be my least favorite.:puke:

Kick for Khephra!!!:kick:

[jamesinca]

34. Kick for Khephra

.

[Misunderestimator]

35. kick

[yorkiemommie1]

36. even if he 'left'

he wouldn't be really gone. i betcha perle is still in the shadows.


and kicking in memory of Khephra

[Rhiannon12866]

38. You're right, Perle is always lurking. He's scarier than even Wolfowitz!

And kicking for Khephra!:kick:

[Scout]

37. kick

[anarchy1999]

39. No Wolfie, it will be your arrogance that ultimately brings you down.

You will ultimately be convicted of treason, I don't know when, I don't know what will bring it about, but dearest Wolfie, you are going to go down in your own hubris. I promise, or I'll die first and probably will. You are a traitorous bastard. You never cared about this country.

[anarchy1999]

41. Hey dearest, it is time, don't you think?

We are in. Let's go!

[0007]

42. Wolfowitz wouldn't trade jobs with God!

[anarchy1999]

43. Kicking for and in memory of "Kephra". We miss you already and we

will every day going forward. Please stay with us K. We need you.

[American Tragedy]

44. Dammit to hell

I'd like to see him leave about as much as anybody in that administration. He surely is the one we have to blame for all of this.



RIP Khephra

[musette_sf]

45. Kick for Khephra

[sjgman9]

46. great. more warmongering

hey paul fullashit, go fight your own fucking wars.

[mwdem]

47. Kick....

:kick:

[FarLeftRage]

48. For Kheph

:cry:

[Acryliccalico]

49. Kick for Khephra

[Name removed]

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[Stephanie]

51. Just added to PNAC Links Archive

Thanks to all who kicked.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=110&topic_id=80&mesg_id=9383

[mwdem]

53. Kicking again, for Khephra

:-(

[sonias]

54. So what do the people think - polls say Wolfie should go

Wolfowitz is the administration's leading neo-conservative, a group that advocates aggressive American global leadership including the use of military force.

I would rephrase that to say "aggressive American global use of military force". That's what our international policy can be boiled down to.

"leading neo-conservative" leading this country straight to hell. This creep deserves to have a gun thrust in his hands and be put on the front line. Let's see how pro-war he'd be then. Once a chickenhawk always a chickenhawk.

Sonia