Editing Axis of evil (section)

==Bolton: "Beyond the Axis of Evil"==
[[File:John R. Bolton.png|thumb|[[John Bolton]]]]
On May 6, 2002, then-Undersecretary of State [[John Bolton]] gave a speech entitled "Beyond the Axis of Evil". In it he added three more nations to be grouped with the already mentioned [[rogue state]]s: [[Cuba]], [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libya]], and [[Ba'athist Syria|Syria]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Poole |first=Steven |date=June 24, 2020 |title='Axis of adults': are the White House staff working together to keep Trump in line? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/24/axis-of-adults-are-the-white-house-staff-working-together-to-keep-trump-in-line |access-date=August 20, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The criteria for inclusion in this grouping were: "[[state sponsors of terrorism]] that are pursuing or who have the potential to pursue [[weapons of mass destruction]] (WMD) or have the capability to do so in violation of their treaty obligations."<ref name="bolton-beyond">{{cite web|url=http://www.heritage.org/research/lecture/beyond-the-axis-of-evil|author=John R. Bolton|title=Beyond the Axis of Evil: Additional Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction|date=May 6, 2002|access-date=September 21, 2015 |url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924220446/http://www.heritage.org/research/lecture/beyond-the-axis-of-evil|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref>