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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-21-07 11:05 PM
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Tony Blair to be a spokes person for the U.S. after he resigns as British PM
...This is a good thing????

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June 21, 2007

WP's Robin Wright: "The Bush administration is laying the groundwork for an announcement of Tony Blair as special Middle East envoy for Palestinian governance and economic issues after he steps down as Britain's prime minister, following two months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, according to U.S. officials.

Blair would report to the so-called Quartet overseeing Middle East peace efforts--the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia--and work on issues limited to the internal workings of a future Palestinian state.

Political negotiations involving Palestinians, Israelis and the Arab states would be left to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the officials said.

The idea, first proposed by Rice, was embraced by the Israeli government during talks between President Bush and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert this week. The Palestinians have yet to be approached, but U.S. officials believe they would welcome a Blair appointment."

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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-21-07 11:10 PM
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1. Doing a job that Americans won't do?
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-21-07 11:14 PM
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5. Outsourcing U.S. leadership jobs, that is correct, where are we heading?
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-21-07 11:11 PM
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2. Along with his duties at the Carlyle Group?
Why, that little poodle is just a ball of fire!
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-21-07 11:26 PM
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7. Yes, the ultimate corporate fascist war monger
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-22-07 12:27 AM
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10. When Tony speaks, just who is he speaking for?
A. Brits

B. the Carlyle group

C. all us 'Muricans

D. Don't ask. It's classified.

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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-21-07 11:12 PM
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3. Wherever toady blur goes he
will always be known as the lapdog for the bushits misbegotten War On Iraq..I don't care how the corporatewhores slather over it.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-21-07 11:26 PM
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6. I'm thinking that Bush and Cheney are Tony Blair's lapdogs, they work
...for Blair not the other way around
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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-21-07 11:13 PM
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4. bLiar's "special" all right
A special 'fuck you' retread from the war-mongering chickenhawks to the Palestinians, with love.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-21-07 11:28 PM
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8. Nobody else was willing to try to cover up evidence
So one of the messmakers is going to try to do it with the cover of legitimacy.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-22-07 12:20 AM
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9. Still working for Bush . . .
Great Britain as America's jr. partner --
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Gloria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-22-07 12:56 AM
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11. In "The Trial of Tony Blair" that aired this past Sunday, Blair is
confident he'll be doing something important for Washington....

This film was positively eerie
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