"only the 'decider' could come up with something inane like the 'axis of evil' - with 2 members of said axis Iran and Iraq as avowed enemies. never mind the fact that an axis does not have 3 points.."

Thanks for coming up with that Guest petr, sort of backs up my take on things on what the President was referring to, i.e. a two point axis of "rogue state" linked to an international terrorist group. North Korea, Iran and Iraq were only named as possible candidates to fulfil the role of "rogue state".

Mind you Guest petr probably before your time but the Axis Powers during the Second World War consisted of three countries, that's where the press got it wrong in reporting the Presidents speech and thought that he was talking about an alliance made up between Iraq, Iran and North Korea - as you so aptly point out - bloody ridiculous.

Now if I can pick that up and you can pick that up from what has been written, exactly what is wrong with the way they teach basic english comprehension in the good ol' U.S. of A., if indeed that is where Guest TIA is from.