Are Syria, Iraq and Iran the new axis of evil? And can Pakistan make a fourth?

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 6:41 AM Share

It is interesting how Iranian influence is growing in Iraq. I keep on thinking of Joel Wing's conclusion that Iraq is still more violent than Afghanistan.

More babbling at the UN today.

And what about Pakistan? Can they join the axis? Or have they already, and we just don't want to say so? (There is a lot to be said for hypocrisy in both diplomacy and child-rearing.) 

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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