He is also right to insist that America must stand firm against the threat of global Islamic extremism.
But Teheran’s fanatical President Ahmadinejad is not the solution to Iraqi slaughter, he is a major part of the problem.
He believes he is the 21st century embodiment of a long dead holy man who has been put on earth to convert the world to Islam.
That is why he intends to acquire nukes and use them if necessary ââ¬â starting with his promise to wipe Israel off the face of the earth.
There is little room for negotiation here.
As for Syria, it is led by a weak man who will dance to the tune of whoever among the real leaders in Damascus holds a gun to his head.
Mr Blair cleverly used his olive branch to the two anti-western states by challenging them to show just where they stand on Middle East peace.
We already know where they stand.
They want America humiliated ââ¬â and have succeeded by splitting US voters and giving Democrats the whip hand in the White House.
But the Democrats have nothing to say about Iraq, except: “Get us out of here.”
This yelp of anguish is music to the ears of Muslim extremists.
They believe they destroyed one superpower, the once-mighty Soviet Union, in Afghanistan.
Now they think they can bring the USA to its knees in Iraq.