Axis of scofflaws. (Devil in the Details).(Brief Article)

SAY YOU'RE THE SECRETARY of state in an administration that, in a mere 18 months, has managed to alienate every other nation on the planet (except maybe Russia, where Vladimir Putin has been very sporting about our shredding that old missile treaty, and Israel, where Ariel Sharon appreciates the fact that we're resigned to him). Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa--we seem somehow to have estranged them, and Canada's sounding edgy, too.

So, within the limits of our fundamental policies--we are unilateralists; we repudiate all treaties; we claim the right to wage preemptive ...