WMDs N'at

Anyone remember the Axis of Evil? Or for that matter, the Axis of Just as Evil?

Yesterday's Washington Post did a nice job of taking the whole idea to task. Bottom line: we ignored North Korea who was actually claiming to have nukes at the time and invaded a country without WMDs... and now that we're bogged down there, Iran probably feels better about pushing ahead with its own nuclear program since American military intervention now seems almost unthinkable.

So as a whole, the WMD capability of the Axis of Evil has been -- if anything -- enhanced by our invasion of Iraq. A job well done by the folks down the hill at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. To the Bush administration's credit, though, WMDs and membership in the Axis of Evil was abandoned as an explanation for the war two or three rationale-changes ago.