Axis of evil

Terrorism: Connections between Iraq, Iran, and North Korea only grow | Hugh Hewitt

Hezbollah's missile attacks on Israel have made clear the relationship between Hezbollah and Iran's mullahs. Those who studied Lebanon prior to the Hezbollah provocation of mid-July understood the relationship between Tehran and Nasrallah's jihadists, but large parts of world opinion were ignorant of the Iranian proxy operating in Beirut and throughout south Lebanon.

Now, when Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni declares that "Hezbollah is the long arm of Iran," no one disputes her—and clarity regarding Hezbollah should lead to clarity as to Iran, and by extension, the stakes in Iraq.

From 9/11 forward, America has faced a three-front war against al-Qaeda terror (Sunni extremism), Iranian terror and ambitions (Shia extremism), and rogue dictatorships with the capacity for great evil (Saddam's Iraq and North Korea).