Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush has blatantly acknowledged that he would have invaded Iraq in 2003 if he was the president of the United States.

In an interview with Fox New scheduled to air on Monday, the former Florida governor admitted that he would have repeated the mistake of his brother George W. Bush.

“I would have [authorized the invasion], and so would have [Democratic presidential contender] Hillary Clinton, just to remind everybody. And so would almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got,” he said.

Bush, however, said the "intelligence that everybody saw, that the world saw, was faulty."

“By the way, guess who thinks that those mistakes took place as well? George W. Bush. Yes, I mean, so just for the news flash to the world, if they’re trying to find places where there’s big space between me and my brother, this might not be one of those," he said.

Former US president George W. Bush (AFP Photo)

In 2003, Bush ordered the US-led invasion of Iraq in violation of international law and under the pretext of finding weapons of mass destruction allegedly stockpiled by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. That later proved to be false.

It was revealed that not only Saddam Hussein was not in possession of WMDs but also that United States and Britain leaders knew about the non-existence of such weapons.

A War Crimes Tribunal in Malaysia in 2011 found George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair guilty of war crimes for their roles in the Iraq war.

The tribunal judges stated that the US, under the leadership of Bush, fabricated documents to make it appear that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.

In response to Jeb Bush’s new remarks over the Iraq war, Democratic National Committee Communications Director Mo Elleithee issued a statement on Sunday.

“The difference between the Bush brothers and most Americans is that most people believe we were misled into invading Iraq. Knowing now what we did not know then, Jeb Bush still would have gone in," Elleithee said.

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