Blair has been personally responsible for the deaths for more middle easterners than anyone, ever, except Bush! That he is a peace envoy is perfectly normal in a world where Bush is president and people like Bernanke and Paulson, and little Gordon, deal with the money. He is typically useless.

C Smith, Norwich, UK

All Blair has is a front and nothing, nada, 0 behind that false facade. Notice that he has managed ,like all his Labour colleagues as well, to sponge loads of money from the taxpayer to live a life of luxury ,whilst claiming, falsely, to represent the working man. Labour only care about themselves.

John, Woking, Surrey

Totally agree with all the people who are saying what a ludicrously inappropriate appointee he was.

Keir Hardie, INVERNESS, Highlands

G W Bush never had any intention of doing something serious to stop construction of more and more illegal settlements in the West Bank. Bush would much prefer to rant about a supposed "threat" from Iran.

James Canning, Seattle, USA

What did you expect from the cheezie grinning spin meister ?

Martin Briggs, Heversham, England

Appointing Mr Blair was the moral equivalent of training a persistent sex offender to be a gynaecologist.

Paul Gibbons, Milton Keynes, UK

As my old mum used to say " Put the leaders in the firing line , the war would stop , instantly " .

Jim, Sidcup,

So, no change there then.

Steve, Inverary,

Has Tony Blair ever delivered a targeted outcome? Maybe if there was a couple of million in it for him & Cherie he might do something. For a start he has to be even handed but as shown below he isn't. Unfortunately this a problem that spin doctoring cannot cover over with words.

Scott, London,

C,mon Tony this should be easy for you a 3000yr old conflict should be a breeze for a man of your talents. How about you do a powerpoint presentation with a strategic 5 yr plan to solve the issue, remember how well these used to work when you were PM.

Chris, Brisbane, Australia

If Tony Blair's task is to "curb Israeli settlements" then good luck on getting any peace agreement. What about curbing Palestinian terrorism? That is the REAL obstacle to any peace agreement. You know it. Besides, most of the NGO's working over there are a one-sided joke! So what do they know..

Jesse, CA, USA

Anyone remember "The Peter Principle"?
Anyone think that a certain someone has been promoted beyond his abilities?

Martyn Taylor, Swindon, England

More Arabs have died in Iraq in the last 5 years then in 60 years of Israeli/Arab conflict, Something to keep in mind when you all talk about how "miserable" the lives of Palestinians are.

Not a single one of these groups criticized Blair for failing to stop rocket attacks on Israeli civilians!

Tony, Los Angeles, USA

What this silly, biased report is really saying is this: 'No, there is no way anyone can bring peace to the Middle East. But Tony Blair has not been sufficiently critical of Israel, which is our preferred position. Therefore we will make him out to be incompetent, so others bow to our will.'

Paul Francis, Brisbane, Australia

You mean there are people stupid enough to think that Blair, an empty vessel if ever there was one, was going to bring peace to the Middle East! I thought bankers were hopelessly stupid but these guys beat them hands down.

Christopher H, Canberra, Australia

Why on earth would they want to implement a peace plan? If you address real issues like this you might not have a War on Terror after very long, and then where would we be?!

Jonathan, Oxfordshire, England

Give him a break. He's doing a fat lot more than any of us are. I don't see any of the people posting above putting their heads above the parapet to do anything useful. Criticism from an armchair isn't worth the paper it is printed on. Lauren - study some economics and ME politics before spouting.

Michael Garkitt, London, UK

Just another part of the catastrophe that is the Blair legacy.

Tim, London, UK

Since Tony Blair came to power in 1997 he has abandoned
labour party socialism and made "new labour party" to represent another side of "conservative coin".
What you from him now ?
He is doing well working for JP Morgan, where his heart and mind are really belong.

Gerasimus, Bristol, UK

Will you people finally wake up to the fact that this man is a charalatan with no backbone, a career politician and a
mendacious publicity-hound ? Not content with having acquiesed to the pernicious United States in condemning the people of the region, he now seeks iconoclast status there.

Edward Chuffington, Sailsbury, UK

....and who expected otherwise?

Shame on international community!

Individuals playing games in the future of people in the Middle East and making money out of it. Soon he will make a book about it and make even more money! May donate some to Palestinan refugees, how kind?

saleh darwish, Amman, Jordan

Who signed this bizarre decision to appoint a man originally responsible for the war on a peace mission - the old-boy network looking after its own. The job of mentoring peace in the Middle East sounds like a full-time job, but Blair seems mostly absent from the scene. Typical of the man himself!

Brian Lewis, Manila, Philippines

The US has absolutely no interest in peace in the Middle East. They need the violence there to divide the Arabs and ensure Israels dominance in the region. Blair is leader of that charade exactly because he is master at doing nothing. He guarantees the status quo, and that's what the US wants.

Peter, Liverpool, UK

Mr. Khan is totally correct. How many women, children and men will be bombed into oblivion by the Israeli state? Who ever left Blair, the wolf looking after the lambs, in any position of responsibility after all the killing he has partaken?

Mike Rigney, Malahide, Ireland

No suprises there...what do you expect from Blair ? This is the same Blair who stood around whilst Israel bombed civilian areas of Beirut. I was expecting this from Bush but not from the British PM. He is part of the problem and not the solution.

A. Khan, London,

To put a man responsible for an illegal & ongoing war in the Middle East, in charge of bringing peace in the ME is just absurd.
The UK can also appreciate his skills in bringing an economy to its knees. Not to mentioned the UK involvement in the creation & support of Israel.

Profiting from chaos?

Lauren, London, UK

How much is all this costing us?

Richard, London,

He should try with a few PR tricks and convince them that he is doing his job just fine and they live much better (but they are not yet aware of it).

savo, london, uk