Blair - Middle East Peace Envoy....

Its really a bit like putting a paedophile in charge of a children's nursery. What does Bush get on retirement? Chair of the Green Party?

Mark, Birmingham, UK

It's absolutely grotesque that Blair should have been given any job in the Middle East, let alone that of peacemaking. The mind boggles at the very thought.
This man should be answering for his actions in The Hague along with George W(aterboarder) Bush.
No wonder they're out to get him.

alan, germany,

People tend to forget that the Palestinians themslelves have made their own bed. Obviously what's happened in Gaza is tragic, but it is one manifested by the Palestinians themselves. Quick question- which country, has the killed the most Palestinians?

joseph, London,

DG, Sunderland,: hamas has never declared that it would like to kill all westerners. It refuses Israel's soveriegnty as it was formed from their land and now oppresses them.

Rob, Singapore,

Hamas talk about a siege but what sort of siege allows them to bring whatever weaponry they can get their hands onto into Gaza ?
And what sort of siege is it that those supposedly laying the siege provide electricity to the so called victims who actually are only victim to their own leaders ?

Tony, Edgware, MIdd., UK

Think about where the "intelligence" came from? Israel! Would Israel really want Blair going to the Gaza Strip in the first place? Israeli "intelligence" is a tool of war.

SL, London,

It is quite odd to read people from Cheshire (!) accusing Blair of cowardice because he has been warned that he will be killed if he goes to Gaza. Gaza is governed by an organisation dedicated to the murder of Westerners. It was brave of Blair to even contemplate going there.

DG, Sunderland,

Only Bush himself would be a more inappropriate person to be "Peace Envoy". The question is not whether Blair will fail, but how badly he will do so.

J Robertson, Edinburgh, UK

A clear signal of Mister Blair's standing in the Middle East. If he could climb somewhere near the peak and peer over his ego he might realise this and continue some of his more lucrative pastimes such as talking nonsense to captains of industry.

frizby, London,

Oh dear, in another place it is breaking news that Blair has just cancelled his trip to Gaza because of specific threats and security concerns.

Could a reporter be sent to find out Martin McGinnis's feelings in the matter of pursuing a peace initiative in the face of personal safety?

E.L.SORDO, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

Apart from the obvious reasons why he should not have been selected, you can now add another one.

The people who selected him did not see the futility of him trying to gain the confidence of the parties involved...other than the wests approved tame politicians.

Tomas, Alicante, Spain

I am very glad this morning, because I can see & read that my fellow CITIZENS are waking up, because the LIONS in BRITAIN have been asleep for 10 years and its time to wake from your slumber,& see these POLITICAL CRIMINALS for who they are. Willing for others to lose their lives & PROTECT THEIR OWN.

Daphne Kenward, Cambridge, UK

I suppose the specific threat was that if he came then Hamas would launch a nuke at London within 45 minutes!

Phil Ishmael, Liverpool,

how did a failed PM ended up with a job as a peace envoy? this guy could organise a booze up in a brewery let alone asking the middle east to consider having peace after the west has stirred them up by supplying weapons etc. blair message from everybody go and hide in a hole with your mate bush.

brian, Scotland,

And now we know for sure the man is a coward. He has no problem risking the lives of others but when the time comes for him to show some courage - he flees.

Caroline Kennedy, San Jose, Costa Rica

God, is Blair a useless coward.

Why is anyone paying this man a salary as a Mideast envoy?

Could it be part of his generous sinecure for following America's ugly policies loyally?

This reminds me of the high churchmen who used to hold posts in churches they never visited.

JOHN CHUCKMAN, Toronto, Canada

Blair's appointment was like employ arsonists as fire fighters.
He did not try to stop Israels invasion of Lebanon the other year.
He invaded and opened up for the suicide bombers in Iraq. His foreign politics in the region is a capital failure.

Peter, Southampton, Southampton,

Coward, he has sent hundreds of British soldiers to their deaths when their was a "specific threat" to them, but is unwilling to take the same risks personally-

COWARD

Russ, Benfleet, England

And he's surprised?

Jeremy Poynton, Frome, Somerset

Here we have a man who was, without blinking an eyelid, send hundreds of our young men to their fateful death or injury in Iraq and Afghanistan but when the chips are down for number one man, he pulls out of a danger spot himself....got his head screwed on has this Blair chap! Could have sent Gordo

Derek Clifton, Andover, Hampshire, England

Another example of Blair's cowardice. He was happy to lie about Iraq and sacrafice other people's lives, but not brave enough to go to Gaza.

steve tea, manchester, cheshire

Of course he's done a lot. He has bought and furnished a house at Sharm el Sheik. What more can you ask of somebody who needs to be in the Middle East to earn his pay?

manny.b, Westcliff-on-Sea, England

Who's footing the bill for this muppet?

W Smith, Manchester,

Surprsingly, Mr Blair wasn't invited to the "Eurabia" festivitIes in Paris! Is the Arabian world Sarko's backyard as a further step for his ambitions?

Thibeaux, Lasne, Belgium

Blair has done very little since being appointed Peace Envoy - it looks as though President Sarkozy of France will achieve far more with his initiation of a Mediterranean Union!

Sally Roberts, London, United Kingdom