Some of America's European allies reacted derisively to President George W. Bush's targeting of North Korea, Iraq and Iran as an "axis of evil" in his State of the Union Address in January. But while America's friends in Europe stew, some friends of the U.S. elsewhere in the world are focusing on an important but overlooked corollary to Mr. Bush's drive to confront the world's most dangerous dictatorships-the need for democratic countries to work together for their freedom and, in some cases, survival. Israel and Taiwan would seem to be natural allies. Both have suffered as international pariahs. Both have been denied international recognition, legitimacy and many aspects of sovereignty. Both are democracies under perpetual threat of conquest or annihilation.
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