U.S. President Bush first identified the Axis of Evil as it referred to Iran, Iraq, and North Korea, but Russia keeps spreading it.
Anyone who follows the news or knows history realizes that when The Reagan-Bush administration broke up the Soviet Union, Russia vowed to destroy the US. The phrase "Axis of Evil" was first used by U.S. President Bush and originally referred to Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. Add Russia as the new cream of the crap. Putin is evil and he controls Trump and Trump controls thr GOP.
Two decades ago, a Republican POTUS delivered the most bitterly controversial SOTU in U.S. history. warnings contain insights that can be repurposed for a changed world.
At its core were short indictments of the aggressions and human rights abuses and the list just keeps growing.
Since Bush identified the Axis of Evil, the number of countries and the threat level have significantly grown. The Republican Party embraces Russia, the ‘Axis of Evil’ which is now more evil. The list grows to Hamas and Hezbollah and it’s becoming all too reminiscent of the 1930s when Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, and militaristic Japan were considered to be the “bad guys” during World War II. Today’s list includes but is not limited to Russia, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Cuba, Libya, and Syria…etc.
“States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. These regimes pose a grave and growing danger by seeking weapons of mass destruction. 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.”
The axis of evil, Russia, the Communists, also totalitarian regimes like Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia have a common goal of removing the USA as a. superpower.
Coordinated events seem to support that idea. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and Iran/Russia using Hamas to attack Israel. North Korea providing arms to Russia and threatening neighboring countries. And just a few days ago - the Baltic Connector gas Pipeline and telecom cables were blown up - Most likely by Russia. The Baltic Connector runs between NATO countries Finland and Estonia.
According to published reports in The Atlantic - Open brutality has again become celebrated in international conflicts, and a long time may pass before anything else replaces it,
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