Our Axis of Evil

More than 20 years ago — in January 2002, —George W. Bush declared that there was an “axis of evil” in the world. At the time, he identified it as Iraq, Iran, and North Korea:

“States like these, 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. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.”

What followed, of course, was the disastrous war in Iraq but as David Frum later noted, it is important to remember the shock and the fear of that post-9/11 world. Our sense of security and peace had been shattered. “Now it felt as if death could strike anywhere, anytime. Would suicide bombers attack movie theaters? Would teams of terrorist gunmen open fire in shopping malls? It all seemed horribly possible.”

The 10/7 attack on Israel was that nation’s 9/11, when every horror became possible and real. And like 9/11, it changes everything.

It also reminds us that there is still an Axis of Evil and it is still very real, and exceptionally dangerous. Today it is Russia, Iran, and Hamas — and all those who support, rationalize, or enable them.

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