Tuesday, August 27, 2013

With The Middle East Burning The Middle East 'Special Envoy' Is Hard At Work



As West Debated Air Strikes On Syria, Where Was Peace Envoy Blair? On A Yacht In The Mediterranean -- Daily Mail

* Tony Blair jetted to the Med as news broke of chemical attacks
* Middle East 'Special Envoy' visited Saint Tropez and luxury yachts
* Blair was 'having meetings with various people,' spokesman said

He boasted recently of having ‘toiled over years’ to bring peace to the Middle East – and wrote of his concern at the ‘living nightmare’ in Syria.

But if Tony Blair was toiling in his role as Special Envoy to the long-troubled region last week, it is apparently nice work if you can get it.

While western governments reacted with fury to claims of a chemical weapons attack in Damascus and made moves towards launching air strikes on Syrian regime forces, the ex-Prime Minister was spotted in some of the most glamorous locations in the Mediterranean.

Mr Blair’s busy schedule at the back end of last week involved visiting several ‘super-yachts’ worth in excess of £100million – apparently three of them in the space of three days.

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My Comment: You just cannot make up this stuff. The above video is from an interview that was done last year.

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