The New-And-Improved "Axis Of Evil"

During a private Aug. 19 conference call with Capitol Hill aides from both parties, sources say, senior Pentagon policy official William Luti said there are at least five or six foreign countries with traits that "no responsible leader can allow."

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In his recent call, Luti did not name the nations he had in mind but said they are led by dictators with weapons-of-mass-destruction programs and close ties to terrorists.

Well, let's see. Russia and Pakistan come immediately to mind -- but, damn!, they're allies in the "War On Terror". Israel and the United States would certainly be deserving candidates, except that they aren't strictly speaking "led by dictators". (Although George Bush has said that, "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.")

Posted by Eddie Tews at September 8, 2004 09:45 AM