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Snark Attack: Paul Wolfowitz

By MARK TRAHANT
P-I EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR

He's back: Paul Wolfowitz has been asked to advise the State Department about arms control issues.

One can only imagine the resume that won this job: Did he cite his pre-war, weapons of mass destruction intelligence about Iraq?

Wolfowitz told the Council of Foreign Relations two months before the invasion that disarming Iraq's chemical, biological and developing nuclear programs was the key to winning the war on terror.

Now, in his new job, Wolfowitz is again well-suited to dispense advice to the State Department about the dangers of an Iranian weapons programs.

Can we afford this kind of advice again? No...[Open in new window]