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His words have been interpreted by some to mean that the "axis of evil" consists solely of those three countries. Some argue that this is a misinterpretation. However, singling out the three in such a forum as a State of the Union address, and the mention of three countries and no others as an "axis", in light of the historical analogy of the German-Italian-Japanese Axis, is likely to result in such an interpretation.
The phrase is derived from that of the rogue state, but the term itself is reminiscent of the Axis powers of World War II and of President Reagan's evil empireCold War The term evil empire was applied to the former Soviet Union by U. President Ronald Reagan during the latter stages of the Cold War. Reagan first used the term in his speech to the United Kingdom House of Commons on June 8, 1982. Reagan again used designation of the Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR ( Russian: ; tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (SSSR) also called the Soviet Union ( ; tr. Sovetsky Soyuz , was a state in much of the northern region of Eurasia that existed from 1922 until 1.
Bush's exact statement was as follows:
Although the United States' methods for dealing with Iraq markedly differed to those used with North Korea, this is probably due to the fact that whereas Iraq was only suspected of having weapons of mass destructionWeapons of mass destruction WMD are weapons designed to kill large numbers of people, typically targeting civilians and military personnel alike. Some types of WMDs are considered to have a psychological impact rather than a strictly military usefulness., North Korea openly flaunted its long-range ballistic missile capabilities. In addition, some right-wing political strategists (the neoconservativesNeoconservatism is a somewhat controversial term referring to the political goals and ideology of the "new conservatives" in the United States. Compared to other U. conservatives, neoconservatives are characterized by an aggressive stance on foreign polic, led by Richard PerleRichard Norman Perle (born September 16, 1941 in New York City) is an American neoconservative political advisor who served the Reagan administration as an assistant Secretary of Defense and served on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987) favored by the Bush Administration have recently demanded military strikes in North Korea against its nuclear sites. (Daily Telegraph article)
The inclusion of North Korea among the trinity might have been a way for the US to distance itself from the perception that the " war on terror" is a "war against Islam".
Shortly after its utterance, the phrase was attributed to former Bush speechwriter David FrumDavid Frum (born 1960) is a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, and the author of the first "insider" book about the Bush presidency. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Frum was originally a political columnist who wrote editorials for a vari, originally as the "axis of hatred" and then "evil".
It might be assumed that since the overthrow of Saddam HusseinSaddm Hussein 'Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti Hussein also spelled Husayn and Hussain Arabic: ; born April 28, 1937 1) was President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. A rising star in the revolutionary Ba'ath Party, which espoused secular Arab nationalism, economic mod in Iraq, the phrase "Axis of Evil" will no longer be used.
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