Candidate Bush is more insistent on the power of the United States. My impression is that candidate Bush's positions are disturbing. Let's talk about American power. The United States is going into its first election of this century. Nothing is simple in human affairs.
Nothing is simple in politics.
The answer is no. Americans have been fantastically pushing for the rule of law in international affairs. You have showed in Balkans, Serbia, Kosovo that the world gives sanctions to horrible crimes and this is thanks to American decisions. On other grounds, the non-ratification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the project of National Missile Defense show that America gives the reverse impression to forget world rule. In trade affairs, it's roughly the same.