[detective]

George Bush described this as the Axis of Evil almost 10 years ago. The Democrats ridiculed him and said he was stupid. It seems he was right.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Then even he, W, backtracked and was eventually bought off and neutralized, witness the final two years of his Administration (2008-2009) and the deplorable foreign policy he carried out re: North Korea as administered by the pathetic, naive likes of Condoleeza Rice and Christopher Hill.

NOW look what we have to show for this shortsighted Bush nonsense, when he was SO on track in the early part of his first Administration.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Unfortunately, although that may describe the 2001 to 2003 or 2004 initial phase only of the W Presidency and liberals' heads indeed did explode over it, the truth hurts. And the fact of the matter is, he is as guilty as the Democrats over this whole Korean Peninsula fiasco. Kindly do yourself a favor and join the ongoing North Korean threads here on FR which for over 10 years have taken apart both a) the North Korean regime; and b) abject appeasement of it by Washington through both Democrat and Republican Administrations alike.

I am happy to debate anyone on this forum about the record of George W. Bush, now-silent Condoleeza Rice and their top negotiator, Christopher Hill, when it comes to the handling of North Korea whilst the DPRK built up their arsenal and screwed the West (and Washington) seven ways to Sunday, based upon a combination of their Asian cleverness and our Western naivete and benevolent idiocy.

Looks like the bill will be due any day, and the paymaster is Barack Hussein Obama.