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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 12:00 AM

"A failed and oppressive state 7,000 miles away"

Iraq? Saudi Arabia? Afghanistan? Why just say it when you can keep on clouding the picture?
Tim Grieve

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  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006 07:24 AM

    Don't Forget Point #3 on the Axis of Evil

    If you go the other way around the globe, Pyongyang, North Korea is 6869 miles from Washington, DC. Maybe Bush just hates places that are roughly 7000 miles away.

    —Peter M. Read Peter M.'s other letters

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