Ok, just a little background of things before the statements itself :
USA is in the process of selecting their new rep to UN. They also want to elect a new President for World Bank, where USA has the most say in simply because they have a lot of money in it. World Bank(WB) and the International Monetary Bank(IMF) has traditionally been US's forte because they contribute a large amount of funds to be channelled to Third World countries in the form of grants and loans. The logic is this, when you have a lot of money in a pool of fund , you tend to have the largest say in it as well. It's not JUST any bank, it's the World Bank. It's not JUST any fund, it's the International Monetary Fund ! These bodies are *supposed* to be independent and unbiased in giving out loans to deserving countries, and not loans attached with rules such as subtle support for the USA in the UN, or even allowing chemical waste dumping in their nations, or be at the losing end of the carbon trading in the world. Politics is dark, and USA administration demonstrated it best through this mean. Critics are afraid that these bodies will just be another arm of US's unilateralism policies. This causes harm not only to the America and her citizens around the world, it also entices and encourage freedom firghters and insurgents, to fight back unilateralism. What brand of democracy is America pursuing?
By tradition, the Americans pick the heads of WB and IMF.This time around, though, things seem more shaky because the two names which are lingering amongst the inner circle are two persons who raise many eyebrows due to their extreme views on the UN and the World Bank.
John Bolton , candidate to be an Ambassador of USA to the United Nations
Q1:What is your view on UN? -->Reply: "The UN? There is no such thing as the United Nations. If the UN building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference."
Q2: Reform of the Security Council? --> Reply: "If I were redoing the Security Council, I'd have one permanent member: the United States."
Q3: International Law? Reply : "It is a big mistake for us to grant any validity to the international law.
Paul Wolfowitz , candidate to be the President of World Bank
- Deputy Defense Secretary of United States (Profile here)
- Consistently push for the end of the US doctrine of the international containment
- Believes USA has the right to pre-emptive actions whenever it sees fit.
- Extends "Benevolent Hegemony" over the rest of the world. (i.e. his brand of good things for the world)
- Famous for being the forefront man for directing the Iraqi invasion
- Military analyst for Ronald Reagan
- Some of his quotes
God bless America, and God bless us all...
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