...characterized Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes...attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States."5 The concept of an "axis," of course, evokes memories of the "Axis powers" of World War II...

...America, its friends, and its allies. President Bush explained the threat in his "axis-of-evil" speech: "By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes...attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States."40 The fundamental priority of American foreign policy therefore must be to defeat this new...

..."and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes...terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred." Using the most dire language heard in any presidential speech since John F. Kennedy's first State of...

...and North Korea) "an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world," President Bush warned, "They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving...allies or attempt to blackmail the United States." He pledged that he would not allow that to happen. And in the closest an American president has come...

...and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger." One year later, the United States invaded Iraq and ousted the dictator Saddam Hussein. Not since World...

...and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger.' The doctrine of US primacy and pre-emption was born. Tony Blair was caught unaware. He hurried to catch...

...argued that states such as Iraq, Iran, and North Korea, if allowed to realize their nuclear ambitions, "could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred." The fear that a hostile regime might transfer a nuclear weapon to terrorists has contributed to the...

...and North Korea) "an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world," President Bush warned, "They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to march their hatred. They could arrack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States." He pledged...

...and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evi[, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes...cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic. use its nuclear weapons only as a bargaining chip, at least in the near future; however, the possibility...

...and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes...cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic . . . We'll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side. I will not wait on events, while dangers gather....