Bush calls Iran “single biggest threat” to Mideast peace

by Kal El on May 12, 2008 · Comments

But what is he going to do about it????

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.

In recent days Lebanon has been driven to the brink of civil war after days of deadly sectarian street clashes between the Shiite Hezbollah and its allies and Sunni Muslim supporters of the US-backed government.

“By the way it’s in Israel’s interest that the Lebanese democracy survives. You need to be concerned about Iran and you are concerned about Iran and so are we,” Bush said.

The US and Israel accuse Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons and Israel has considered the Islamic republic its greatest strategic threat in the wake of repeated statements by its president predicting the Jewish state’s demise.

Iran is mentioned as insisting its nuke factory program is peaceful. Right. Just like their IGRC commandoes in fighting in Lebanon, against the LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT, are peaceful. Just like the RPG’s and EFP’s it exports to Iraq are peacefully killing MY brothers in arms (I AM a Veteran in case y’all didn’t know).

Bush goes on to call Israeli PM Ehud Olmert “…a frank and honest man and an open man”. I guess he hasn’t heard about Olmert being investigated (AGAIN) for allegedly taking bribes. Or his being indicted for fraud and forgery.

Related posts:

  1. Mideast: Egypt searching for Lebanese militants in Sinai
  2. Infidels Memo: Disaster looming if Bush doesn’t act on Iran
  3. Olmert caves to Syria: Willing to give back the Golan Heights
  4. Arab newspaper: “Washington Bans Israel from Attacking Iran”
  5. Iran Chemical, Bio Weapons Threat Is Real
  6. Bush Administration on Iran: “Sanctions are dead”
  7. President Bush imposes new sanctions on Syria
  8. Netanyahu: No peace deal with Palestinians until Iran is dealt with
  9. Jordan King to Israel: Peace now or war next year
  10. Krugman: Obama’s biggest mistake? Not blaming Bush enough
Want automatic updates?
4 choices: Twitter, Facebook, RSS feed or get daily email updates
  • What is he going to do about it?

    W will do nothing. Maybe, he'll have state send a sternly worded warning via back channels to the ayatollahs or something like that. Maybe if we're lucky, he'll enact sanctions on persian rugs or dates, big whoop.

    You'd think at the very least we could round us up some of those IRCG guys found in Lebanon and ship them off to Gitmo by way of a Czechoslovakian safe house or something. I'd personally opt for something more direct - when the Hezbullies and al Sadr sissies offered their fake Moslem cease fire, I would have said hell no and just kept flailing away at them until they were begging for mercy.

    But that's just me...

    I thank you for your service, Rudy. Love the blog! Infidels ARE cool!

    Dinah
blog comments powered by Disqus