No, please don't! Not democracy!

Came across this little bit of cheer today: an article about Paul Wolfowitz and the direction he hopes to take as head of the World Bank. The Reuters lead reads:

Paul Wolfowitz, Washington's controversial pick to head the World Bank, has pledged to be an "international civil servant" if confirmed in the job and said he would not to use it as a platform to preach democracy.

No, let's certainly not hear anything about that pernicious bit of American propaganda. Blasted cultural imperialism. Interestingly, the AFP version of the story (and remember this is Agence France-Presse we're talking about) concentrates its intro on what Wolfowitz will try to do, rather than what he will avoid.