No half-decent metaphor goes unpunished, I suppose. :-)
Half-decent. Do you suppose that calling a 250 million country with 1000 years story THE EMPIRE OF EVIL is decent? Even for the president of your country. There is two possible cases for this phenomena, I think: 1. Absolute intolerance of the American nation (I do not believe this crap) 2. Brainwash (So it's better to call it MORDOR. At least, new generation knows what does it mean). Make your choice, "comrade". (nothing personal)