Published on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 by the Los Angeles Times (click title to entry - thank you)
'Axis of Evil' Rhetoric Said to Heighten DangersMany foreign policy observers think Bush's phrasing, although effective on the home front, caused serious damage abroad
by Maura Reynolds
WASHINGTON -- It was a catchy phrase. Perhaps too catchy.
A year after President Bush used the State of the Union address to declare Iraq, Iran and North Korea an "axis of evil," the phrase has taken on a life of its own. With this year's address scheduled for Jan. 28 and the U.S. on the cusp of war with Iraq, the legacy of the "axis of evil" weighs heavily on the speechwriters and policy-makers hard at work on Bush's speech....
North Korea, no different than any other enemy of the USA believes they will be doing the world a favor. There are those in the world that would believe same. Bush gave our enemies ever reason to move against us and North Korea is the 'little engine that can."
At this hour the coalition of USA military forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq and free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. (click here)
CBC - The Fifth Estate - The Lies That Led To War (click here)
Submitted by cactuspat on Tue, 2007-04-03 10:35.
Since the US-led invasion four years ago, the fifth estate has covered Iraq and the war on terror from virtually every angle--the military, ... all » media, intelligence, politics--revealing aspects of the story that you didn't find anywhere else. Now, as the White House warns about the latest threat in the region, this time from Iran, it's worthwhile looking back to examine the deception, suspect intelligence, even lies, that convinced the world of the rightness of targeting Saddam Hussein....
Bush/Cheney in their zealotry leading up to the war in Iraq 'set up' the USA to be defeated. There are dangers at every border to USA with escalating capacity at even near borders. There is every reason for the other major power in the world to want the USA impuned of any military potential. There are more 'solid' reasons to believe the USA is incapable of 'stable benevolence.'
Bush/Cheney gambled they could dominate The Middle East and prove to the world the 'last' Superpower was indeed something to fear. It didn't happen and today the USA is compromised and 'has learned its place' in the global status of sovereignty in the world. There is no ONE Superpower that can dominate all the world's resources or its people.
Bush, on March 19, 2003; was nestled in zealotry against Saddam Hussein whom had verbally threatened hsi father in an international venue. Iraq was a war for oil and revenge and Kim resolved himself to 'end it.'
Analysis
Bush's 'Axis of Evil' Comes Back to Haunt United States (click here)
By Glenn Kessler and Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff WritersTuesday, October 10, 2006; Page A12
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: 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....
