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referred to China as part of "the axis of evil" that includes Iran, and Russia. Johnson based his statement on the belief that the countries pose threats the western-aligned countries of Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine. This preceded a change of tact, where the speaker decided to support $ 95 billion of
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Frum points in his book to a now often-overlooked sentence in Roosevelt's speech which reads in part, "...we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again." Frum interprets Roosevelt's oratory like this: "For FDR,
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featured an article about the "Axis of Diesel" in reference to a burgeoning alliance of Iran, Russia, and Venezuela. They cite the billions of dollars in arms sales to Venezuela and the construction of Iranian nuclear facilities as well as the rejection of added sanctions on Iran. They did conclude
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in the 1980s under basically the same leadership as that which existed at the time of Bush's speech, leading some to believe that the linking of the nations under the same banner was misguided. Others argued that each of the three nations in the "axis of evil" had some special characteristics which
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Frum tells that he then sent off a memo with the above arguments and also cited some of the atrocities perpetrated by the Iraqi government. He expected his words to be chopped apart and altered beyond recognition, as is the fate of much presidential speechwriting, but his words were ultimately read
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as the "triangle of evil", to describe their current policies in the Middle East. Those remarks were later dismissed by Iran, describing it as "childish" and said that Saudi Arabia's intervention in Yemen has "caused instability and extremism and stuck in a quagmire" in Yemen.
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to his New Axis, Bodansky's axis was otherwise very reminiscent of Frum's axis. Bodansky felt that this new Axis was a very dangerous development. The gist of Bodansky's argument was that Iran, Iraq and Syria had formed a "tripartite alliance" in the wake of the
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Pearl Harbor was not only an attack—it was a warning of future and worse attacks from another, even more dangerous enemy." Japan, a country with one-tenth of America's industrial capacity, a dependence on imports for its food, and already engaged in a war with
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in 1939, stating "They are more interdependent and more aligned than the original axis powers were" and that the world is facing "as dangerous a moment as any time that we've had since 1945". On July 23, newly appointed Army chief General
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containing 14 lullabies from Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Palestine, Syria, Afghanistan and Cuba. Every lullaby is presented in its original form sung by women from these countries, and then a western version with interpretations in English.
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to modern "terror states", the more similarities he saw. "The Axis powers disliked and distrusted one another", Frum writes. "Had the Axis somehow won the war, its members would quickly have turned on one another." Iran, Iraq,
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declared that the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel were part of an "axis of evil" alleging mass violence against the Islamic world, crimes against humanity and attempting to divide
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expands the "Axis of Evil" (although he doesn't mention North Korea, instead saying "one of the Koreas") to include things with "evil" in it or things he does not understand (including
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argued "here's a new axis of evil: Russia, Saudi Arabia—and the United States", the three countries that declined to endorse the United Nation's latest climate study at the
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Peter I Hajnal; John J Kirton, "Sustainability, civil society, and international governance : local, North American, and global contributions" page 344
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to meet secretly with representatives of the government of Iran. For several months, Crocker and his Iranian counterparts cooperated on capturing
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The notion of such an axis was used to pinpoint these common enemies of the United States and to rally the American population in support of the
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government in Afghanistan. These meetings stopped after the "Axis of Evil" speech hardened Iranian attitudes toward cooperating with the U.S.
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This article is about the term for states that are referred to as "sponsors of terrorism" by the U.S.,. For the multi-nation alliance during
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Later, other countries were added to the "axis of evil" by US politicians and commentators. The term "axis of evil" is a reference to the
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gave a speech entitled "Beyond the Axis of Evil". In it he added three more nations to be grouped with the already mentioned
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in Iraq in only a few sentences for the upcoming State of the Union address. Frum says he began by rereading President
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Yossef Bodansky & Vaughn S. Forrest on behalf of the House Republican Research Committee (August 10, 1992).
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defence aid for the combined countries, despite the opposition of the more conservative members of his caucus.
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A decade before the 2002 State of the Union address, in August 1992, the Israeli-American political scientist
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series, refers to the titular character as an "axis of evil" in an episode of the Japanese version of the
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implicated "the axis of terror that operates between Iran and Syria" following a suicide bomb in
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ran a 2006 (May 13–19) cover headline titled "Axis of Feeble" about the end of the George Bush–
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None of the terrorists involved in 9/11 were citizens of the three nations Bush cited.
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have in the current climate, a group of comedians have banded together to form the
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said that Russia, China and Iran were the "new axis powers" in an interview with
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gave him the assignment of articulating the case for dislodging the regime of
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from 2007 to 2009 — and other senior U.S. State Department officials flew to
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The term has also lent itself to various parodies, including the following:
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by removing items or incorporating them into the text of the article.
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Donald Trump's threat for the destruction of Iranian cultural sites
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wrote about the debate over North Korea's inclusion in the group.
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and nuclear weapons for over a decade. This is a regime that has
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The phrase was attributed to former Bush pro-Israel speechwriter
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that the benefits of the arrangement were exaggerated, however.
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but described "Washington and its allies" as an "axis of evil".
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Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present)
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already used poison gas to murder thousands of its own citizens
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Committee on Climate Change Science and Technology Integration
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In February 2022, American conservative political commentator
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Targeted Killings: Law and Morality in an Asymmetrical World
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Also, immediately after the attacks, the Iranian President
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According to Frum, in late December 2001 head speechwriter
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Phone conversation between Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani
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The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush.
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During a March 2018 interview with the Egyptian media,
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that are pursuing or who have the potential to pursue
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by Bush nearly verbatim, though Bush changed the term
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by accusing them of being an "Axis of Belligerence."
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on January 29, 2002, less than five months after the
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Assassination of Paul R. Shaffer and John H. Turner
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said in a speech that the UK faced danger from an "
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Archived from 2220:from the original on April 10, 2024 2010:Borger, Julian (January 28, 2003). 1776:" in their self-titled album Sodom. 1741:Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil 1704:In 2003 the Norwegian record label 1657:Americans of Middle-Eastern descent 1224:In July 2024, British Army General 1192:described a axis of evil involving 735:In 2024, Secretary General of NATO 612:North Korea–United States relations 13: 7803:Iran and state-sponsored terrorism 7665:Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran 6873:Arab–Israeli alliance against Iran 6748:Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action 6655:Iran–United States Claims Tribunal 5095:Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 4991:American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 4362:Dominican Republic–Central America 3749: 3731:from the original on April 7, 2007 3362:from the original on July 11, 2024 3331:from the original on July 11, 2024 3034:Al-Monitor Staff (March 8, 2018). 3011:Jansen, Michael (March 11, 2018). 2520:from the original on April 5, 2024 2397:from the original on July 25, 2024 2246:from the original on April 8, 2024 2089: 2071:from the original on June 10, 2007 1906:from the original on March 1, 2020 1894:Glass, Andrew (January 29, 2019). 1734:Literature from the "Axis of Evil" 1655:In response to the problems which 1500:– an Australian musical comedy act 779:called for support against Iran's 556: 14: 8087: 7488:Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 7465:National Iranian American Council 7428:Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran 7387:Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act 7228:August 2021 Gulf of Oman incident 6620:Embassy of Iran, Washington, D.C. 5877:Enhanced interrogation techniques 5673:Georgia Sustainment and Stability 5561:al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula 5351: 4665:Born-Alive Infants Protection Act 3897:to help reach a consensus. › 3803: 3476:Anderson, Perry (March 6, 2003). 3381:Beale, Jonathan (July 23, 2024). 3319:Dunn, Tom Newton (July 8, 2024). 3264:"China hits back at Mike Johnson" 2815:William C. Martel, The Diplomat. 2540:"Israel attacks 'axis of terror'" 2341:Kika, Thomas (October 22, 2023). 2313:Wooten, Claude (April 19, 2024). 2265:Brennan, David (April 21, 2024). 1936:from the original on May 21, 2024 1174:echoed a very similar comment on 947:Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 945:In 2007, the commander of Iran's 660:Bolton: "Beyond the Axis of Evil" 51:This section has multiple issues. 7922: 7921: 7725:Iranian Guantanamo Bay detainees 7039:Disappearance of Robert Levinson 6910:Assassination of Qasem Soleimani 6900:Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition 6895:Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict 6602: 6592: 6366:National Endowment for Democracy 5991: 5982: 5981: 5852:Combatant Status Review Tribunal 5801:President's Surveillance Program 5796:Military Commissions Act of 2009 5791:Military Commissions Act of 2006 5744:Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 5719:Moro conflict in the Philippines 5714:Insurgency in the North Caucasus 4872:Criticism of government response 4851:Higher Education Opportunity Act 4742:President's Surveillance Program 3851:"How to defeat the Axis of Evil" 3809: 3457:from the original on May 7, 2024 3350:Scott, Jennifer (July 9, 2024). 2762:. 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Bolton (May 6, 2002). 2083: 2037: 2003: 1978: 1948: 1918: 1766:Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance 1650: 1491:and the title of a book about 1467:, and several other variations 1060:non-governmental organizations 791:Iran and Iraq fought the long 1: 7976:American political neologisms 7233:2021 U.S.–Iran naval incident 6391:American Enterprise Institute 5892:Guantanamo Bay detention camp 5535:Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Bahaziq 5144:Troubled Asset Relief Program 5035:Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 4763:Homeland Security Act of 2002 3853:– Salon.com, October 24, 2002 3484:. 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