Blair to receive US peace medal

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Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to receive a prestigious US medal and $100,000 (£67,000) prize for his work in conflict resolution.

The National Constitution Centre is awarding him its Liberty Medal for "steadfast" efforts to broker peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East.

Previous winners include Nelson Mandela and former US presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush senior.

Mr Blair said he was driven by values of "freedom, liberty and justice".

Mr Clinton, the centre's chairman, will present the medal in Philadelphia on 13 September.

'Dedication and creativity'
He said: "It was a privilege to work with my friend Tony Blair to help end 30 years of sectarian violence and broker a lasting peace in Northern Ireland, to stop the killing in and mass exodus from Kosovo, and to develop policies that would improve living conditions for people in both our countries.

"Now, as a private citizen, Tony continues to demonstrate the same leadership, dedication and creativity in promoting economic opportunity in the Middle East and the resolution of conflicts rooted in religion around the world, and is building the capacity of developing nations to govern honestly and effectively."

In response, Mr Blair, who currently works as a peace envoy to the Middle East, said: "Freedom, liberty and justice are the values by which this medal is struck.

"Freedom, liberty and justice are the values which I try to apply to my work on governance in Africa and on preparing the Palestinians for statehood.

"They are the values which drive the work of my faith foundation as we try to show that people of different faiths can live together constructively in peace and harmony."

Mr Blair's office said he would be donating the prize money to two of his charities - the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative.

Last year, Mr Blair received the highest civilian award in the US, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10470914.stm

[LeftishBrit]

1. Straight out of '1984': 'War is Peace'.

[non sociopath skin]

2. As John Littledick would say, "You couldn't make it up".

The Skin

[T_i_B]

3. Blair to receive US peace medal for not declaring war on everyone, everywhere

Dear USA peace prize people, is it possible to award Tony Blair his peace medal by firing it at him from a cannon?

http://newsarse.com/2010/07/01/blair-to-receive-us-peace-medal-for-not-declaring-war-on-everyone-everywhere/

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to receive a prestigious US medal and $100,000 prize for restricting himself to starting wars in countries where the oil reserves made it an absolute no-brainer.

The National Constitution Centre is awarding him its Liberty Medal for “steadfast” efforts in not declaring war on everyone, everywhere, all of the time.

A spokesperson explained, “As Prime Minister it would have been really easy to start a war with every country he ever encountered, yet here we are years later and the UK is only involved in a couple of borderline illegal conflicts. Which as far as America is concerned makes him pretty much the human embodiment of peace itself.”

“Mr Blair is a prime example of limiting yourself to starting military conflicts where there is a clear financial benefit for doing so. And for that, we salute you, sir.”

[dipsydoodle]

4. Piece Of Shit medal might have been more appropriate

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[oldironside]

5. To quote the great Tom Lehrer...

... and I can't quite believe I'm the first, "It was at that moment that satire died".

[Jeneral2885]

6. He join Bush in going to war

and since America usually knows peace through war, that is the definition the awarding council uses.