President Bush will Name Robert Zoellick as the Next World Bank President

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Source: ABCNews

PRESDIENT BUSH WILL NAME ROBERT ZOELLICK AS THE NEXT WORLD BANK PRESIDENT, A SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL SAYS



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[oldtime dfl_er]

1. Zelleck

Robert Zelleck. Or is it Zoelleck? Another greedmonger.

[Rick Myers]

2. Fishing in the same tainted pond!!!

During the 2000 U.S. Presidential election campaign Zoellick served as a foreign policy advisor to George W. Bush as part of a group led by Condoleezza Rice that called itself The Vulcans.

:grr:

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Amazing - this is already on Wikipedia (n/t)

[Igel]

8. Wikipedians are fast.

I got e-mail a year or two ago saying one of my wife's colleagues died a couple of hours before; my wife forewarded the e-mail she'd gotten.

The guy's department chair sent it out and indicated that was all the info he'd had. The Wikipedia entry for him was already updated, and contained far more information.

[KamaAina]

4. Cats of the world, rejoice!

No fooling. Bill Frist's name had been tossed around for that. :scared:

edit: italics

[KoKo]

5. Zoellick's Track Record......Bush Family/Nafta Supporter/Enron Advisor

Zoellicks Track Record

Robert Zoellick, who enjoys long-distance running, has a long track record in the economic policy and diplomatic affairs of Republican administrations since the late 1980s. During the second Reagan administration, Zoellick, who began his career as a Harvard-educated lawyer, served as a special assistant at the Treasury Department. During the Bush Sr. administration, Zoellick became a key figure shaping post-Cold War economic policy as a senior officer in both the Treasury and State Departments and a personal adviser to the elder Bush.

While serving in the Bush Sr. administration, Zoellick was instrumental in sealing the NAFTA accord with Mexico. When the negotiations hit a rough spot, Zoellick served as a special assistant to President Bush in his relations with President Salinas of Mexico and managed to keep jump-start the stalled negotiations. As an indicator of the degree that U.S. foreign policy in the 1990s increasingly became focused on global economic policy, Zoellick, while serving as a counselor at the State Department and Under Secretary of State for Economics, played a key role in launching the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. In recognition for this achievement, Zoellick received the Distinguished Service Award, the State Departments highest honor.

Zoellick shuttled all over the world during the Bush Sr. administration to promote U.S. global economic policy. Before the founding of the World Trade Organization, Zoellick was the Bush administrations top negotiator with the European Union at a time when the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations was blocked by U.S.-European differences over agricultural trade liberalization. He helped break the logjam by forging the Blair House Accord, which helped save the foundering Uruguay Round. Among other functions in his role as the roving ambassador for the U.S. free trade agenda, Zoellick was the administrations sherpa at the G-7 summits in 1991 and 1992.

His reputation of an Atlanticist was secured during the Bush administration when he persuaded the U.S. government to support the reunification of West and East Germany. According to the New York Times: He is most widely remembered in foreign policy circles for being the United States representative at the multiparty negotiation over the future of divided Germany. He persuaded the Bush administration to embrace German unity despite the qualms of allies and alarm in the former Soviet Union.

Zoellick is highly respected on Wall Street and by Corporate America at large. Not only a highly effective government representative of U.S. capital, Zoellick has benefited from direct personal ties with the U.S. financial community and transnational corporations. He has directly worked in the highest echelons of the U.S. corporate community, including serving as an executive at Goldman Sachs. Before joining the Bush Jr. administration as a cabinet official in the capacity of the U.S. Trade Representative, Zoellick served on an advisory council at the Enron Corporation. In addition, Zoellick also served on the boards of such corporations as Alliance Capital, Jones Intercable, Said Holdings, and the Precursor Group.

A protÈgÈ of James Baker, who served as treasury secretary during the Reagan administration and secretary of state during the Bush Sr. administration, Zoellick has close ties to the Bush family. He was an adviser to Governor George W. Bush and served as a foreign policy adviser to presidential candidate Bush.

http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:6j2zZdQaB8oJ:www.counterpunch.org/barry01142005.html+Bob+Zoellick&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us&client=firefox-a

[TomInTib]

7. And quite a diplomat and statesman, to boot.

Remember when he told the Brazilians that if they did not get in line with georgie's plan that their only remaining trading partner would be Antarctica?

[MasonJar]

6. Isn't he the one Bush chose to decide who was called for the 9/11

Commission? If so, he saved the Bush cabal bacon.

[Demeter]

9. Sounds Like Another Loser

Too bad for the world.

[BushOut06]

10. I will oppose whoever Bush appoints

The man is simply incapable of appointing anyone to anything. I wouldn't trust him to appoint a county dogcatcher.

[hvn_nbr_2]

11. For dogcatcher, Bush would appoint...

the Chinese guy who put the melamine in the gluten. Greed, especially in the service of bloodthirstiness (or vice versa, either will do for neocons), complete contempt for truth and justice, belief that he can (and should) get away with anything. Now, that guy's got it all.

[Jacobin]

12. I'm guessing Charles Manson was unavailable

so this guy will have to do.

[Toots]

13. Part of the PNAC and signed the letter to Clinton wanting to attack Iraq

Possibly even worse than Wolfawitz if that is even possible..

[Lasher]

17. Just what I expected. President Cheney picked another neocon.

He'll be sure to pick up where Comb Licker left off. All that World Bank money will come in handy helping underwrite the neocon dreams of world conquest.

[sbyte]

14. Recently on Charley Rose

http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2007/05/08/1/a-conversation-with-the-former-deputy-secretary-of-state

(my basic notes from the program. comments are added in parenthesis's )

The Rising problems and the integrity of the future system. (economic/political)
Problems:
1. Radical Islam
A. Islamic Elections in Egypt? The current Egypt administration is trying to
modernize with "Free Trade" areas. Elections don't always turn out good as exampled
by the Palestinian election of Ha-mas ( which was a reaction to the corruption of
Fa-uta) But is a labeled terrorist group (and aid workers) who have not renounced
violence. Elections is not the same as Democracy. Ya Gotta give up your militias.
Hes bola has tried to hold up democracy in Lebanon. Refuses to concede power and
wants it both ways. Not working.

B. Israel - Palestine.
The "Palestine Right To Return" issue.???
It's a non-starter. (One of the most difficult issues of these times.)

The strategy is to aid good behavior- trade with "Key" players that modernize.
The path to peace is thru Non-violence, Pro-development and some legitimate
government. "Then I will work with you."

2. Rise of China


3. The U.S response
Is the system broken? Abeu Grave....., rendition...

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Free Trade = capital flows.

Economic (theory/examples) explain about productivity and that with free trade comes
lower prices. Generally openness is better for competition and forces change.
In the Eighties for example Japan business was a challenge and now we have adjusted.
People feel anxiety over the the economy and loss of jobs. So you have two choices,
adapt to change/adjust, or hold it off. Protectionism will weaken the country and
prices will go higher.

Economic Isolation vs. Open Trade

Open up trade to smaller countries that want to develop and have legitimate governments and transparency. -ending corruption ect...- Get them to develop instead of becoming a spanning ground for terrorism. Work with countries that want to develop with us.

[bobthedrummer]

15. Robert B. Zoellick profile from Right Web for those that haven't a clue

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1397

[bobthedrummer]

16. .