In his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_State_of_the_Union_Address" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2002 State of the Union Address">State of the Union address</a>, President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> describes "regimes that sponsor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Terrorism">terror</a>" as an <i id="mw_A"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_evil" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Axis of evil">Axis of evil</a></i>, in which he includes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba'athist_Iraq" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ba'athist Iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran">Iran</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>.<sup about="#mwt153" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"}}' id="cite_ref-28" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_29#cite_note-28" id="mwAQE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 28;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQI">[28]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"><cite about="#mwt150" class="citation journal cs1" id="CITEREFHeradstveitBonham2007"><a href="./Daniel_Heradstveit" id="mwCI0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Daniel Heradstveit">Heradstveit, Daniel</a>; Bonham, Matthew G. (1 July 2007). "What the Axis of Evil Metaphor Did to Iran". <i id="mwCI4">The Middle East Journal</i>. <b id="mwCI8">61</b> (3): 422–423. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Doi_(identifier)" id="mwCJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3751%2F61.3.12" id="mwCJE" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">10.3751/61.3.12</a>.</cite><span about="#mwt150" class="Z3988" id="mwCJI" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Middle+East+Journal&amp;rft.atitle=What+the+Axis+of+Evil+Metaphor+Did+to+Iran&amp;rft.volume=61&amp;rft.issue=3&amp;rft.pages=422-423&amp;rft.date=2007-07-01&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3751%2F61.3.12&amp;rft.aulast=Heradstveit&amp;rft.aufirst=Daniel&amp;rft.au=Bonham%2C+Matthew+G.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+29"></span></span>