On this day - January 29th 2002 - George W. Bush held his Axis of Evil speech
The american president, George W. Bush talked about "The Axis of Evil" for the first time in his State of the Union address, and the concept was mentioned several times later during his presidency. The Axis of evil was countries Bush accused of helping terrorism and / or countries which tried to acquire weapons of mass destruction. The three main countries in his Axis of Evil was Iran, Irak and North Korea. Bush's speech was criticized for bringing three very different regimes under the same umbrella. It also hardened the attitude in Iran towards cooperation with the USA.
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