Googled 'axis definitions':

Definitions of axis on the Web:

• a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
• the center around which something rotates
• the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
• in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations; "the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II"
• bloc: a group of countries in special alliance
• the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head

I would agree with that, Michael, except that there were attacks in a number of nations from the late 90s to today - the US was just one of them, so...

I'm not disagreeing with you, per se, Michael, but I do stand by my thought that it's way more nuanced than what we heard from the Administration and the media.

Or when North Korea said they would annihillate Iran and ....

Oh, crap, that was Hillary.  Meh!  North Korea, Hillary, same difference.

I kid, I kid!!  Put down the pitchforks!

Your logic is spot-on, Michael - but the fact that so many other areas have been attacked somewhat diminishes the idea that America stands out.

I don't think we're disagreeing at all, but I think there are some paths that we're diverging on.

I do agree with your closing ideas and how the attackers are all evil.

"BTW, "as much or more freedoms"...how so?  You aren't relying on Knut's flawed dialectic argument from farther up-thread to support such a notion, are you?"

I was answering a question from another poster about a book that claimed Scandinavian countries were "more free" than the US. I referred to International studies (some by the UN or other reputable organizations) quoted in major norwegian newspapers that rank Scandinavian countries very highly on some "good" lists, and while I don't have a specific web-link, I tried to provide a context by presenting some of the underlying presumptions of surveys that rank us as "more free".

As far as I recall, aside from politically and legally defined freedoms, these studies presumed that certain economic factors had practical implications for how much freedom we have in practice as opposed to in theory.

I agree with these presumptions. No surprise there, as I have stated before I'm a social democrat and in socialism freedom and morality are seen as heavily influenced by economic conditions.

While you are free to consider the argument flawed, I'm not presenting it to convince you, but to give a context for the claim made by others that I was asked about. I'd be interested to know, though,  what specifically you see as a flaw? Do you not consider the wealth or poverty of a person, their economic conditions taken as a whole as influencing that person's personal experience of freedom? That is after all the core presumption that I was presenting above.