As Tony Blair heads into his final week as Britain's Prime Minister, the Bush Adminisitration is considering offering him a job as "special Middle East envoy for Palestinian governance and economic issues" (Washington Post). Actually, the offer has been in the works for months during "behind-the-scenes" negotiations. The American people are always the last to know.
The announcement comes just days after seeds of scandal began germinating in England. A recent British documentary shows evidence that Blair committed troops to Iraq despite knowing that President Bush did not have adequate plans to handle post-invasion Iraq.
Instead of airing his concerns in 2003, Blair falsely assured his fellow countrymen that he was comfortable with Bush's "plans." The English people are no happier about that than the American people are about their own leader's false assurances re: Iraq.
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