Tony Blair was appointed the Quartet’s Middle East envoy in 2007. Since then, he has amassed millions of dollars working for the governments of Kuwait and Iraq, has formed a consultancy firm that works for Arab governments, and is rumored to have deals with the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
And he is supposed to be the man who is supposed to be helping the Palestinians and Israelis move towards peace. Why, he was just in Israel a couple of weeks ago. I wonder if, while he was there, he built up his consulting business with the Palestinians?
Can you say, “Conflict of interest?” I knew you could. Oh, and the best part of all of this? He’s been trying to keep it secret for years.
Tony Blair waged an extraordinary two-year battle to keep secret a lucrative deal with a multinational oil giant which has extensive interests in Iraq.
The former Prime Minister tried to keep the public in the dark over his dealings with South Korean oil firm UI Energy Corporation.
Mr Blair – who has made at least £20million since leaving Downing Street in June 2007 – also went to great efforts to keep hidden a £1million deal advising the ruling royal family in Iraq’s neighbour Kuwait.
As I emailed to Lair Simon, who sent me the link to this article: And we thought Bill Clinton was a whore.
Looks like Blair is joining the Jimmy Carter school of mediation—the one bought and paid for by the Arabs (cf: Saudi Arabian donations to the Carter Center).
No wonder Lauren Booth looks so well fed. I guess she mooches off her brother in law.
It galls me that I have to drive right past the Carter Center every time I go to visit the Mistress of Sarcasm… she lives a short walk away. I’m tempted to fill up a bag with human feces and toss it out the window as I drive by… would that be a bad thing?