So, we’ve crossed Iraq off our list of malefactors. Who’s left on the actively anti-American front? Well, if we ignore great powers like Russia and China, we’ve got Venezuela, Iran, Syria & North Korea. (Pakistan’s ISI may soon be bidding for Iraq’s spot.)

What’s up around the Axis?

Hugo Chávez is doing his world tour and is stopping off in China and Russia to bid for favor from potential patrons. China can use his oil, and Russia can use his money. Everybody wins.

Ahmadinejad is in New York on his Let’s Kill All the Jews tour.

Syria’s blowing off Israel. (N.B., No guarantee on Debka’s stories.)

And North Korea is firing up their reactors, having played us for chumps yet again.

So, Iraq is increasingly looking like a win, Libya’s WMDs is pretty good, Afghanistan is still an overall plus (though deteriorating), and the rest? Increasingly emboldened, I’d say. With Russia and China riding high, too, things don’t bode well for a boring decade coming up.

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