Quote Originally Posted by Steve Blair View Post

While Iran and Syria may have some common goals and objectives, I think it's rather foolish to automatically assume that they are joined at the hip in evil intentions. Alliances in the Middle East historically tend to be very fluid things, used and discarded as convenience dictates (this can also be said for much of the world). Describing them as an Axis carries a specific message...one that I believe is intentional on the part of those using the term.
I'd be happy to call them an "alliance" instead of an "axis". Not everything is "just like in World War II".