Tony Blair wins million-dollar prize for global leadership

[sabra]

Source: Guardian UK

Former PM given Dan David award for his determination to find solutions to areas in conflict

Tony Blair has won a prestigious million-dollar (£697,000) prize for his leadership on the world stage, it was announced today.

The former prime minister, now a Middle East peace envoy, will receive the Dan David prize for "his exceptional leadership and steadfast determination in helping to engineer agreements and forge lasting solutions to areas in conflict".

The award is presented by the Dan David Foundation, based at Tel Aviv University, and a spokesman for Blair said the money would be donated to the former Labour leader's charity for religious understanding, the Tony Blair Faith Foundation.

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It praises his role in the Northern Ireland peace process and his "steadfast determination and morally courageous leadership" over Kosovo.

But there is no mention of the divisive decision to support the US-led invasion of Iraq.


Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/16/tony-blair-prize

[DFW]

1. I was hoping that was in Zimbabwe dollars.........

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. LOL

[blueclown]

2. Dear Tony Blair, thank you for 'leading' us

off a cliff.

Signed,

- The World.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Might as well give one to Kissinger, too.

:eyes:

[wilt the stilt]

4. George Bush owes a milion dollars

for poor decision making

[MisterP]

5. there's a Lidice Prize? n/t

[KansDem]

6. At least now we know where $1 million of the bank bailout went.

Will Chimpie be getting one too?

[liberalmuse]

7. The poodle gets an award for being Bush's lap dog?

And for aiding and abetting our own war criminals here in the states? I hate this motherfucker. All he had to do was tell "W" to go fuck himself, but he saw dollar signs and immediately fell on all fours. How lovely. :mad:

[Owl]

17. My thoughts exactly.

[Jack Rabbit]

8. Satire is dead, again.

[acmavm]

16. Mind boggling, isn't it?

[msongs]

9. hey tony, that's about $1 for each dead/maimed Iraqi nt

[sasquatch]

10. Is "leadership" a new euphamism for Bush lapdog?

:shrug:

[madrchsod]

11. leadership in england---succeeded turning England into orwell`s 1984

the latest---> can`t photograph the "changing of the guard"

[marshall]

12. Any guesses as to when Obama might win this award?

I'd never heard of it, but it must be prestigious if they have that kind of money to give out.

[vinylsolution]

13. Blair will be lynched....

... if he ever sets foot in Britain again....

[blueclown]

15. What is his current residence?

[ConcernedCanuk]

14. Frigadee - I thought it might be an Onion article - THIS is what genocidal war gets ya??

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I'm totally disgusted with my race

jeebeesus

[roberto]

18. TONY BLAIR IS A WAR CRIMINAL

[Chicago1]

19. Tony Blair needs a trip to JAIL

This loser needs to go to jail for cooking up AN ILLEGAL WAR AND OTHER CRIMES HE COMMITTED WITH SENOR CRIMINAL BUSHIE.


PROSECUTE BUSH AND CHENEY!!!!

[xxqqqzme]

20. Is this 'welfare'

for un-employed PMs?

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. It's behavior like this that makes my anti-depressants stop working.

What a horrible message to send out into the world.

[daleo]

22. Neo-con log rolling. n/t

[joeybee12]

23. Well, that makes it official...there is no God. n/t

[goforit]

25. The Far Right rewarding the Far Right Mafia Poodle.