The first black female Secretary of State testified yesterday at her confirmation hearing that we now have an adjunct to the infamous “Axis of Evil” — the Outposts of Tyranny:
“To be sure, in our world there remain outposts of tyranny and America stands with oppressed people on every continent … in Cuba, and Burma (Myanmar), and North Korea, and Iran, and Belarus, and Zimbabwe.”
You’ll note that this new grouping of targets is geographically and ethnically diverse: a multicultural rainbow coalition of bad guys. Cuba — Hispanic. Burma — Asian. Belarus — European. Zimbabwe — African. Iran and North Korea are thrown in as reminders..
But this is an encouraging development: she left out Russia. Although I’m sure that was just an oversight, to be corrected shortly.