THE LOSER SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT STRIKES AGAIN--Let's look at what all the other countries are learning from American Democracy & Lack of Good Leaders

The article below comes from an Indian news source. It is about Paul Wolfowitz refusing to resign from the world bank due to corruption.

Meanwhile Bush's buddy Roberto Gonzalez is refusing to resign, too. Before this we had Rumsfeld refuse to resign despite making war crimes.

Earlier still, we had Dick Cheney refuse to fall on his sword for holding meetings with energy companies in the White House prior to the catastrophic fule hikes of 2001-2004. (Recall that the General Accounting Office had demanded to see notes of those meetings and Cheney refused--setting a new precedent for brazenly manipulating fuel prices in the USA and around the globe.)

I am currently in Cambodia and with Paul Wolfowitz getting jobs for his grilfriend like he has been doing--the U.S. leadership is being criticized soundly. The local corrupt Cambodian leaders say how can anyone take the US seriously if its own leaders at the World Bank are so corrupt?

Now, recall that Paul Wolfowitz is the one NEO-CON who brought america the current iraq war and occupation. Don't my fellow Americans agree that it is about time to impeach the whole lot--George W., too, for lying and misconstruing truth leading to deaths of 1000s of Americans and almost a million refugeeds from Iraq in neighboring countries.

Here is the story from around the globe:


Development ministers from around the globe voiced ''great concern'' over World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz's handling of his girlfriend's promotion, but Wolfowitz said he intends to stay in his job. ''The current situation is of great concern to all of us,'' the top officials said in a communique issued after a meeting of the IMF-World Bank Development Committee. ''We have to ensure that the bank can effectively carry out its mandate and maintain its credibility and reputation as well as motivation of the staff,'' the ministers from World Bank member states said. In a news conference shortly after the Development Committee's tough words were released, Wolfowitz said he believed he could still effectively lead the poverty-fighting lender. ''This is important work and I intend to continue it.'' Top European officials were among those who expressed worry in closed-door sessions yesterday that Wolfowitz had tarnished the bank's reputation by helping to secure a high-paying promotion for his girlfriend, bank employee Shaha Riza. At the start of speeches to the Development Committee, ministers from Britain and Germany said the bank's reputation had been dented, sources told Reuters. Other sources monitoring the meeting said several other European countries also briefly addressed the issue, although they did not call outright for Wolfowitz to step down. The Netherlands, a large donor country, was among the chorus of nations wondering how the bank's credibility could be restored. ''We are critical but are awaiting development,'' William Lelieveldt, Dutch Treasury spokesman, told Reuters. Moral authority in question Staff and development activists accuse Wolfowitz of breaking bank rules in helping to arrange Riza's promotion before she was assigned to outside work at the State Department. They argue the institution's moral authority has been left in tatters, especially its authority to make countries who receive aid accountable for the money, a priority for Wolfowitz, who has ruffled feathers at the bank with a strong-arm anti-corruption push. The former No. 2 official at the Pentagon has apologized for his handling of Riza's promotion and has said he was advised by a World Bank ethics panel to assign her to a job outside the bank to avoid a conflict of interest. While his backers in the White House have come to his defense, large shareholders like Britain, Germany and France question whether he still has the credibility to lead the bank, which spends about 25 billion dollar a year on projects to fight poverty in developing countries. African ministers have expressed confidence in Wolfowitz and many World Bank member countries have cautioned against judging him until an examination by the bank's board wraps up. The board has said it will move quickly. Still, the scandal has stirred up lingering antagonism over Wolfowitz's appointment to the bank in mid-2005 by the US administration and bitterness over his role in the US invasion of Iraq while he was deputy defense secretary. In notes of a speech prepared for delivery to the Development Committee, Wolfowitz appealed to rich nations to deliver on aid promises and to keep the bank's own coffers stocked so it can keep lending to needy countries. ''We stand half way to the 2010 goal post for doubling aid to Africa compared with 2004,'' Wolfowitz said, as he outlined priority areas for the bank. But his appeal was clouded by the concerns of many of the bank's main donor countries, who are beginning year-long talks about replenishing the World Bank's main lending fund. Some insiders worry some donors could withhold funding to the bank's International Development Association if the scandal hampers Wolfowitz's ability to run the back.