Who Is Tony Blair

Tony Blair in Nazareth

Into this sorry state of affairs enter Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister and now Middle East Envoy to that odd grouping, the Quartet, which consists of the USA, the European Union, Russia, and the United Nations. When he accepted the job he probably - and not unreasonably - might have had visions of bringing his celebrated Irish peace-making magic to the region - but so far at least, he hasn't felt the hand of history on his shoulder -- more the weight of it. 
So he has busied himself with building up the capability of a future Palestinian state - good governance of the Palestinian Authority, the encouragement of private investment, developing the commercial potential of the West Bank - and where possible aligning the interests of both the Israelis and the Palestinians.  And that is now the big push on holy land tourism - or depending on what you want to call it - the Jesus tour, or the nativity trail. 
Well it was until Tony Blair arrived and went on a walkabout. His security team had checked where he would go and who he would meet.  Forget it.  Blair pitched himself in as though it was the final day of a closely fought election campaign -  children were hugged, hands were shaken, shops were visited, unannounced detours were made and much Turkish coffee was consumed.
After ten years at the top of British politics, he has managed to improve the economic well-being of the Palestinians, and his quiet painstaking work is respected by both sides.  But as I watched him working the streets of Nazareth, I sensed that Tony Blair feels he has one more big job in him -- and this might not be it.

small dead animals: Tony Blair's Mogadishu

Poor citizens of the UK have elevated from baseball bats to campers trench shovels for defence now. Someone mentioned arming citizens with guns earlier, but the problem is unless they happen to be a 90 year old ww2 vet they wouldn't know which end to hold, much less be affective with.

I suggest going back to your ancesteral roots and make some homemade spears. 10,000 yeas of evolution cannot be all wrong, the bonus is they are cheap, reliable and simple enough for a child to use.

Other than that, all I can say to the unarmed citizens of the UK is - It sucks too be you! The extraordinary spectacle of anarchy, arson and looting on London’s streets resulted on Tuesday in some of the world’s most authoritarian regimes - including those of Iran, Libya and even Robert Mugabe - gloating over the 'failure’ of Britain’s liberal society.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8692077/London-riots-spark-shock-and-gloating-around-the-world.html

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Londoners to that extent UK is paying the price for sins committed by Tony Blair who acted like the parrot of George B

@ looting is jacking stuff from shops, and Tony Blair ain't prime minister nemore,it's David Cameron, who's a Jew he's on holiday

RT @: The awkward moment when you ask someone who the Prime Minister is at the moment and they say 'Tony Blair'. And they're deadly serious.

RT @: The awkward moment when you ask someone who the Prime Minister is at the moment and they say 'Tony Blair'. And they're deadly serious.

The awkward moment when you ask someone who the Prime Minister is at the moment and they say 'Tony Blair'. And they're deadly serious.

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