Oh, they didn't need the Axis of Evil to say all Yankees are the essence of evil; they were saying that all along. And on nuclear weapons they have a nicely split reaction: 1. they are accusing us of having weapons, and 2. we developed such weapons in self-defense.

Apparently one of the Dear Leader's sons has been chosen as the Young General. The author laments that the forms used are going under the radar and it's still in the early stages so the book doesn't have much info. Some, though.