The So-Called "Axis of Evil" Explained

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A 2002 speech by President Bush coined a new phrase, the "axis of evil;" a list of countries that are considered to be undermining the US. But, in the past few years, that list has seemingly silently expanded, so, does this new list now make sense?
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[@thepoleontheroad]

North Korea: So am I part of the club now?

[@Nullzeros]

Does anyone else hear “Axis of evil” and think of WW2 and not bush?

[@theconqueringram5295]

North Korea: "Am I part of the Axis of Evil?"

[@janpiorko3809]

Funnily enough, Iran has its own own axis, the so called Axis of Resistance.

[@giantWario]

Even without selling them weapons, China is still Russia's closest and most important ally. In 2021, before the war, China-Russia dollar-denominated trade was around 68 billion. Last year, it hit 240 billion. Russia mostly replaced all of its trade with Europe with China instead, it's the whole reason why their economy is still doing fine. So acting like Iran and North Korea are closer to Russia just because they sold them weapons feels really disingenuous.

[@eisbergsyndrom5010]

USA: "Iran is part of the axis of evil."

[@MrFalut]

TLDR treating geopolitics like a marvel movie

[@bronim7311]

I am so sick of politicians. The language is divisive and destabilising. America has become so dysfunctional, it's politicians are corrupt. The world political landscape is downright depressing.

[@BryanO92]

With quite RARE exceptions, evil is not an adjective that applies to geopolitics. There is no good or evil, only national interests. Note all the people who have used this term are politicians. The one professional you cited used the correct term: "adversary".

[@TheChair-516]

“Honey wake up! New Axis just dropped!”

[@gosnooky]

The reason behind Johnson's 180 on Ukraine aid is that because the Speaker of the House receives classified intelligence briefings that ordinary House members do not get. We can only imagine what intelligence he was made privy to.

[@Gohary936]

“Axis of evil” sounds like something a 5 year old would come up with to describe their mean friends at school. The west is funny 😂

[@_THE_TREND_SETTER_]

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[@theone4821]

US has a HUGE super-hero complex like no other

[@omarselim6281]

People who think the world is as simple as good vs evil are delusional

[@astropan]

Every time a politician employs the phrase "evil" in his political argument, he does so to dehumanize his opponent(s), and stir the emotional eye of the public away from his own evil deeds...

[@PeterPeter-pr2hi]

"How do we convince the international community that these countries are evil?"

[@GeekLegionofDoom]

Axis of Adversaries is I think a better term .

[@Eltener123]

"Axis of Evil" implies the other side aren't evil themselves. I wonder how well people from countries like Haiti and Libya would agree.