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The new power blocs of the world

September 11th defined a new world order. What we might call "The Axis of Good" is taking on "The Axis of Evil".

"The Axis of Weasels" is trying to obstruct them, but the good news is they are highly unlikely to try to obstruct them militarily (as rival powers would have done in, say, the 19th century). The Axis of Weasels will engage in shameful diplomatic support, banking support, trade, loans, intelligence sharing and weapons sales to the Axis of Evil. But we should still count our blessings that they are not an all-out enemy (and probably never will be).

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The Axis of Evil

1. Iran
2. North Korea
3. Syria

4. Supporting members:
   • Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
   • Venezuela, Cuba
   • Sudan, Gaza, West Bank
   • The Arab League

Former members: Afghanistan, Iraq

See also:

• The Axis of Evil
• Axis of evil
• State Sponsors of Terrorism

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The Axis of Good

1. USA
2. UK
3. Israel

4. Supporting members:
   • Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea
   • Western Europe (Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, Portugal, Norway, France, Germany)
   • Eastern Europe
   • The Baltic states

See also:

• Coalition of the willing
• Allied force in Afghanistan.
• Allied force in Iraq.

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The Axis of Weasels

1. Russia
2. China

3. Supporting members:
   • Turkey
   • The UN
   • The western left
   • The western media

See also:

• Axis of Weasels
• The term "The Axis of Weasels" was invented in a satire at ScrappleFace, January 22, 2003.

• The Axis of Weasels in Western Europe (France, Germany, Belgium, and others) is finished. The West may not agree on the wisdom of the Iraq war, but in the West everyone wants to fight Islamism. And no one (in the West) wants to totally alienate America. No one (in the West) wants to be allied with Russia rather than America.

• Dominique Moisi, French political scientist: "The one country in the world that is carrying a universal message remains America. There are other powers in our multi-polar world: China is important, Russia cannot be neglected. But neither of these countries carries a universal message. Only America does. China wants to be big and is going to be big, but it has rather selfish aims. What makes a difference is that no one in the world dreams of becoming Chinese or becoming Russian. But millions of people in the world, even some Europeans, still dream of becoming American."

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