Posted: 5/12/2008 7:22:42 PM

JERUSALEM (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Monday called Iran the "single biggest threat" to peace in the Middle East ahead of a visit to the region centered on celebrations of Israel's 60th anniversary.

"To me it's the single biggest threat to peace in the Middle East, the Iranian regime," because of its nuclear programme and its support of groups like the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, Bush told Israel's Channel 10.

"Their funding of Hezbollah -- look what's happening in Lebanon now, a young democracy trying to survive," Bush said in excerpts of an interview to be broadcast in its entirety on Tuesday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080512/pl_afp/mideastdiplomacyusiranlebanon

Posted: 5/12/2008 7:31:57 PM

Oddly enough, the best check on the power of the Iranian nut jobs was Saddam Hussein.