Axis of Evil Out, Outposts of Tyranny In

During Condoleeza Rice's testimony before Congress, she appears to have validated Bush's infamous Axis of Evil and extended it to a new classification of renegade nation, "Outposts of Tyranny."

"To be sure, in our world there remain outposts of tyranny and America stands with oppressed people on every continent ... in Cuba, and Burma (Myanmar), and North Korea, and Iran, and Belarus, and Zimbabwe," Rice told a Senate committee considering her nomination to succeed Colin Powell...as secretary of state.

Each nation is run by a tyrant who systematically stifles dissent and free expression in general. Is this a sign of a major new shift in U.S. policy? Or is this a natural extension of the alleged neoconservative plot to export freedom by taking down dictators?