What? You don't think Wolfowitz is the perfect man for the job?
A little more seriously:
1. With the rise of the Business School came the misapprehension on the part of many that the skills of management are independent of the particular business being managed.
See how many other CEO's seem to go from one industry to another; how many businessmen claim that government should be run more like a business (and some of them even claim that they are the people to make it happen); etc.
2. The U.S. had the right to appoint the president of the World Bank; Bush likes Wolfowitz; and, because of his previous positions, Wolfowitz had visibility - no one could say he was a complete nonentity or a frivolous appointment.
3. Bush was not alone in thinking Wolfowitz was the right man for the job. For example, a Wall Street Journal editorial said, "Mr. Wolfowitz is willing to speak the truth to power ... he saw earlier than most, and spoke publicly about, the need for dictators to plan democratic transitions. It is the world's dictators who are the chief causes of world poverty. If anyone can stand up to the Robert Mugabes of the world, it must be the man who stood up to Saddam Hussein."
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/...
