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Originally posted by transplant99@Sep 12 2004, 04:56 PM
I recall that Bush specifically names Afghanistan, Iraq AND N Korea in the speech to the nation in the days right AFTER 9/11.
Please correct me if im wrong.
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Wrong.
Iran, Iraq and North Korea are the lucky members in the mythical "Axis of Evil".
Hysterical Canadian journalist David Frum penned the term originally. His lovely wife made sure he got credit for it by mass-mailing this little missive;
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Dear all,
I realize this is very "Washington" of me to mention but my husband is responsible for the "Axis of Evil" segment of Tuesday's State of the Union address. It's not often a phrase one writes gains national notice—unless you're in advertising of course ("The Pause that refreshes")—so I'll hope you'll indulge my wifely pride in seeing this one repeated in headlines everywhere!!
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As a Canadian, I must say that I am very proud of that another Canadian came up with this one.
EDIT: I changed a couple things.