British Respect MP George Galloway says the former Prime Minister Tony Blair\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s recent comments about another intervention in the Middle East are hypocritical as they go directly against his political position as a Middle East peace envoy.\n<\/p>\n
Last week, Blair called for a military intervention in the Syrian conflict, claiming that the cost paid by the West for not getting involved could be higher than that of intervening with the country\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s affairs.\n<\/p>\n
Galloway raised the issue on Press TV\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Thursday June 20 broadcast of the political debate program Comment.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cAt the last time I looked, Tony Blair was the official Quartet peace envoy in the Middle East. He\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s made plenty of money in the last few years in that position and we don\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t expect him to actually bring peace to the Middle East. But for how long can the Quartet tolerate a man as their peace envoy who\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s calling for war?\u201d he asked.\n<\/p>\n
In 2007, after resigning as British Prime Minister, Blair was appointed the official Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East.\n<\/p>\n
The Quartet is comprised of the United Nations, Russia, the Unites States and the European Union and styles itself as a peace broker between the Israeli regime and the Palestinians with Blair at the helm.\n<\/p>\n
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