Lying for the warmongers pays well

The UK is launching an official inquiry into the Iraq War today.

Olier Miles, former British Ambassador to Libya, said in the 11/22/09 issue of The Independent “the key question – is Blair a war criminal.”

If he is a war criminal, Blair was is certainly a well paid one.

He’s an advisor to J.P. Morgan and Zurich Financial Services and makes up to 150,000 British Pounds per speech.

Total annual income: 5 million British Pounds per year plus a 7 million British Pound advance for his memoirs.