Letters to the Editor
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He's just a bully
Wolfowitz's style (and I love the way you have framed it, Juan) is simply the style of a bully. Like all bullies, he surrounds himself with quislings, belittles and abuses more qualified people who don't suck up to him, and is pretty much oblivious to the harm he is causing. There are bullies like him in every corporate office, every university, every religious organization and pretty much every where else. I'm sorry that even the trustees of the World Bank didn't have the guts and integrity to bring this one down a peg, but in every organization there is usually someone willing to take on the bully. Most of the time they risk a lot and lose a lot, but they serve us well and they have, at the end of the day, both guts and integrity. In Wolfowitz's case, as in the case of so many in the current administration, that person has not yet stepped up. I have confidence that she will.
Pax,
Dave Throgmorton