Brilliant!! "Bush eyes Blair for Mideast peace role"

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Only the fratboy-in-chief could think of promoting the second least credible man in the middl -east as a "peacemaker".

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_blair_10;_ylt=ArUqJ5fFCxtxXe2zmpugLYkE1vAI

WASHINGTON - President Bush has talked with British Prime Minister Tony Blair about taking a role as a Middle East peace envoy after he leaves office next week. Assistant Secretary of State David Welch, the State Department's top diplomat for the Middle East, talked with Blair in London on Wednesday, while the White House and State Department spoke glowingly about the prime minister's credentials but said there was nothing to announce yet.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert also expressed support for Blair playing a role in the Middle East.

"Officials in the prime minister's office are aware of this idea and Prime Minister Olmert is very supportive of Prime Minister Blair and of his continuing involvement in the Middle East and the peace process," Israeli government spokeswoman Miri Eisin said.


"Obviously Prime Minister Blair has been very active and deeply involved in Middle East peace issues throughout his prime ministership," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

She said Blair and Bush speak often. "It would not surprise me if they have talked about what Prime Minister Blair would like to do following the end of his term ... but we don't have anything to announce today," Perino said.

[babylonsister]

1. I can only hope he'll be too busy fighting for his life for committing war crimes:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1146802&mesg_id=1146802

[ronhardy]

2. Tony Blair

Tony Blair owns muchos stock in BP Petroleum.

[WinkyDink]

3. Peace = War.

[mmonk]

4. War is peace.

[theoldman]

5. The people in the Middle East just love Blair.

Maybe he can team up with Rice. You have got to admit that Bush knows how to poke a stick in someones eye.