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Tony Blair pointed to the slaughter in Syria as justification for his decision to go to war in Iraq .

The former Prime Minister remains unrepetentant about the 2003 invasion which cost the lives of 179 British personnel and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.

He said if Saddam Hussein had not be ousted then Iraq would now pose the same danger as Syrias Bashar al Assad or North Koreas Kim Jong-un.

If you look at what Assad has done in Syria or the guy in North Korea I personally believe we would be in same position if we had left Saddam there. Thats my view other people can take a different view, he said.

Mr Blair also said he was attacked on Iraq because his political opponents on the right saw his brand of politics as a threat.

A lot of these people on the right wing who were attacking people were people who would be attacking me if I hadnt done Iraq.

I dont

Mr Blair made the remarks as he opened up about why he is going back into politics 20 years after his landslide victory.

This Brexit thing has given me a direct motivation to get more involved in the politics, he declares.

You need to get your hands dirty and I will.

Blair sounds genuinely concerned for the country being sold a Brexit dream which may quickly become a nightmare.

We dont know yet what the final deal on Brexit will be, he says, full of the old Blair messianic vigour.

We are advocating a very simple British common sense position, which is to say, lets see what the Tories come up with first. Because there is a bit of the Tory Party determined to deliver Brexit no matter what the cost.

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Tony Blair justifies 2003 Iraq war by pointing at slaughter in Syria and saying we needed to get rid of Saddam - Mirror.co.uk