Articles about the Quartet meeting in Munich

[suffragette]

and discussing the protests in Egypt shed a bit of light on this group and its advisors.

Have to admit I did not really get the connection before even though it's readily available once I knew the terms went together.

I had heard Blair was "Mideast Peace Envoy" which always seemed off to me but didn't realize he was appointed that through this group.

So during this situation, two main people that were providing them input and advice were Tony Blair and Frank Wisner, who both have close ties to Mubarak.

Wisner's have been widely posted here.

And Blair seems to have previously enjoyed the same paid vacations courtesy of Mubarak that France's Prime Minister did:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8312067/Egypt-French-prime-minister-enjoyed-free-holiday-courtesy-of-Mubarak.html

Tony Blair caused controversy when prime minister by accepting a Christmas holiday paid for by Mr Mubarak in 2001. Mr Blair, his wife Cherie and children Euan, Nicky, Kathryn and Leo, stayed at villas in Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh. Accommodation and flights were provided by Mr Mubarak. In exchange, Mr Blair records that he made “donations” to a charity chosen by his hosts.


No surprise that they were advocating for Mubarak to stay in power.
Blair:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/02/tony-blair-mubarak-courageous-force-for-good-egypt

Wisner:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x366954#367776

[malaise]

1. Great links

Thanks :hi:

These fuckers do not believe in anything but power.

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[suffragette]

2. Some dots really connected during this

and the picture they formed wasn't pretty.

I'm glad you keep a spotlight on Blair.

He's still a very active player in the nexus of corporations and politics, being an advisor and envoy to the Quartet and to JP Morgan.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jan/10/blairjpmorgan

And he even met with Obama before then PM Gordon Brown did:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/feb/05/blair-obama-first-friend


:hi:

ETA link to JP Morgan deal