I can think of no significant benefit any country has ever received from harboring God as part of their nationality. But to the contrary, I sure can think of the evil.
So, Bush accomplished his objectives: denounce state sponsors of terror, and isolate them from their people and the global community with a sound-byte that has resonated around the world, "axis of evil".
The Root Cause is applied to everything by the "Do-Gooders". People are starving in Africa because of the West. Why? Because the West is too prosperous and doesn't share the wealth.