Wolfowitz is seen by many here as a unilateralist hawk and Europeans are outraged. Analysts across the continent spend Thursday venting on an appointment widely seen as "the absolutely wrong decision."
The more I think about the latest "flip the bird to the world" the more the steam leaks out my ears. What kind of message does it send to the rest of the world when our President continues to Peter Principle up these people after their stunning failures. The message is obvious to the rest of the world if not to America. Competence be damned... full bootlicker loyalty ahead! As long as you are part of the team... up you go. Any desent is put down immediately (if politically expedient).
I wonder how many companies have failed under this doctrine. Surely the pro-GOP business community can see the inevitable failings in this system. I guess the lure of easy money is just too powerful.
As a wise man once said: "The last act of a despot regime is to loot the treasury".