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Duth Rub-Out
WSJ ^ | 4/30/07 | Editors

Posted on 04/30/2007 7:18:01 AM PDT by the Real fifi

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz faces an "ad hoc committee" investigating his alleged ethics violations today, but it seems the committee has reached its conclusions even before he has a chance to defend himself. This fits the pattern of what is ever more clearly a Euro-railroad job.

On Saturday, the Washington Post cited "three senior bank officials" as saying that the committee has "nearly completed a report" concluding that Mr. Wolfowitz "breached ethics rules when he engineered a pay raise for his girlfriend." The Post also reported that, "According to bank officials, the timing of the committee's report and its conclusions have been choreographed for maximum impact in what has become a full-blown campaign to persuade Wolfowitz to go." So there it is from the plotters themselves: Verdict first, trial later.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dutch; media; wolfowitz; worldbank
Euros' kangaroo court
1 posted on 04/30/2007 7:18:02 AM PDT by the Real fifi
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To: administrator

Please correct the typo in the thread header—It should be Dutch Rub-Out.


2 posted on 04/30/2007 7:19:30 AM PDT by the Real fifi
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To: the Real fifi

What if Bush told them who the replacement is going to be if they decide to kick Wolfowitz out, let’s say somebody like John Bolton?

Maybe they will lose the appetite for this charade pronto?


3 posted on 04/30/2007 10:38:34 AM PDT by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: the Real fifi

You think a simple request duth rub out your error?


4 posted on 04/30/2007 10:41:21 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Applewood smoked bacon is the new chipotle.)
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To: SlowBoat407

Perhaps I should foreswear posting until allergy season is over and I can actually see.


5 posted on 04/30/2007 10:42:38 AM PDT by the Real fifi
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To: the Real fifi

The Third Reich is alive and well. It’s called the EU now.


6 posted on 04/30/2007 10:43:16 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (I don't give a rat's a$$ where in the world Matt Lauer is.)
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