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Originally posted by Undertoad
Somebody wrote a line in a speech that he read. Get over it.
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He read that line because in his extremist's world, there is only good and evil. That line is how George Jr thinks. Same as he was taught in nursery tales. But adults have long sinced learned the world is not just black and white.
Take spies, for example. Are there good spies and bad spies? No. Mostly all spies are considered evil. Different shades of evil. But no spy is really considered good - or fully trustworthy. Some spies more evil than others. Spies may be intentionally sent to their death just to mislead the enemy because spies are even so expendable. Spies are often suspect - some more than others - because that is the nature of a spy. So where is the good and evil line drawn?
There is no such thing as just good and evil - except in speeches and beliefs of George Jr. Saddam is not good. Therefore he must have been evil. Ergo the concept on which the 'Axis of Evil' speech is based. The White House Executive Summary condenses down to only good or evil - just like a nursery tale.