Wolfy speaks

[Jim]

Yea - thanks pal.

 

"What they need is help in constructing better institutions, public financial management and advice on how to better manage the petroleum sector," he said, according to Reuters. "Help, I believe, in how to manage social safety nets."

 

Of course, money management isn't easy in the middle of a war that has killed or made refugees of a huge chunk of the managerial class.

 

Wolfowitz said he didn't know if U.S. Mideast policy will change with the Democratic takeover of Congress. "I know that they are not going to come and ask me for my opinion," he said. That's a safe bet.

 

"I am not sufficiently well informed on political and security issues to give sensible advice," he added. Wolfowitz was much better informed when he predicted Iraqi oil revenue would pay for the war.