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"Peter Webb" <webbfamily...@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message 
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>
>>>
>>>Yes you can. According to Google Define, one of the meanings of axis is 
>>>"the
>>>centre about which something rotates".
>>
>> And the relevant definition can be found in dictionary.com which is
>> apparently more comprehensive than "Google Define".
>>
>
> The example you gave is obviously not relevant. For example, it requires 
> two or more points to be defined; Bush only gave a single place (Iran) in 
> the quote above. Clearly he meant one of the uses of "axis" that requires 
> only a single point, "the centre about which something revolves" seems 
> directly relevant - the centre is Iran, and the thing is terrorism. It 
> couldn't be one of the definitions that requires two points, as he only 
> gave one point.
>
>
>
>>> This appears perfectly consistent
>>>with what Bush said. I guess you didn't know this meaning of the word
>>>"axis", and Bush does.
>>
>> And now he refers to the axis of evil consisting of three countries.
>> Only the moon can rotate around three countries thousands of miles
>> apart.
>>
>
> I think you mean "revolves" not "rotates". Are you now going to play some 
> bullshit game about how how there is some meaning of the word "revolves" 
> that is inconsistent with the definition? Or do you recognise that both 
> revolves has meanings other than the astronomical one?
>
>>> Somewhat ironic that a story is invented to prove
>>>that Bush is stupid, but it turns out that because the person who 
>>>invented
>>>the story clearly has a poor understanding of English, it actually proves
>>>Bush is clearly brighter than the person who made up and reposted the 
>>>story!
>>
>> Bush is known to be an idiot.  By agreeing with him you are one too.
>>
>
> But not because of the remark he made about Iran being the centre around 
> which terrorism revolves - that was you not understanding, not Bush 
> mis-using the English language.
>
>>>I mean, you have got to laugh at how dumb some people are. They can't 
>>>even
>>>invent a story to try and prove a point without doing it so badly that 
>>>they
>>>disprove their own argument!
>>
>> I just have to laugh at someone so desperate to prove his own
>> stupidity that he endorses one of Bush's many blunders!
>>
>
> Yeah right.
>
> "Iran is the centre around which terrorism revolves."
>
> May or may not be true,

It certainly is not true.

Israel is the catalyst for Islamic terror, and is the centre from which 
terrorism arises.