The real Axis of Evil By Fred Stakelbeck

"In his 2002 State of the Union Address, President George Bush used the term 'Axis of Evil' to describe the regimes of Iraq, Iran and North Korea, saying that all three countries were sponsoring terror and pursuing weapons of mass destruction. Since that groundbreaking speech, a new and potentially more dangerous 'Axis of Evil' has emerged - China, Russia and Iran - that increasingly pose not only a threat to U.S. national security interests, but world peace and global stability as well.
But don't blame President Bush for missing this important geopolitical shift. The new Axis of Evil has taken shape rapidly and somewhat unexpectedly. This Axis of Evil has surfaced not only as a result of the Iraq War and perceived U.S. hegemony, rather, its foundation has been built on a number of other important common-interest issues such as energy security, political ideology and a need reassert regional influence based upon historical precedent dating back almost two thousand years. Taken collectively, the continuing disruptive actions of China, Russia and Iran not only merit Washington's attention, but also an immediate, well fashioned and definitive response. "

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