Axis of Evil

WaPo reported Bush's 'Axis of Evil' Comes Back to Haunt United States Nearly five years after President Bush introduced the concept of an "axis of evil" comprising Iraq, Iran and North Korea, the administration has reached a crisis point with each nation:

And are you praising Bush from being able to identify the bad guys, or are you stupid enough to think that all three would have been good friends if Bush just had not called them names?

North Korea has claimed it conducted its first nuclear test, Iran refuses to halt its uranium-enrichment program, and Iraq appears to be tipping into a civil war 3 1/2 years after the U.S.-led invasion. Each problem appears to feed on the others, making the stakes higher and requiring Bush and his advisers to make difficult calculations, analysts and U.S. officials said.