Provocative op-ed by Thomas Friedman in today's NYT. Friedman's argument is that while the Bush administration may have shown lack of forethought and pigheadedness in defining an 'axis of evil' where no such axis exists, there is no doubt that evil exists in those countries and this administration's willingness to take on those regimes is encouraging. While on the subject of 'Axis of evil': this satire by Andew Marlatt of National Post is hilarious.