There is more than a touch of irony in the war monger Tony Blair being appointed as the international Middle East peace envoy. Historically, knights would be rewarded with titles and land grants for following the king into battle. With Iraq, it was not clear what Tony Blair would get out of all of it for his loyalty to the Bush regime. Now we know what his price tag was, to become an international statesman. Just as going to war with Iraq was a done deal in private, which then had to be justified to the rest of the world. So, with this job as the international Middle East peace envoy. Bush has bullied the UN, EU, US and Russia into accepting what he and Tony Blair had agreed in private.
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