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I think that, perhaps, bringing rules and regulations into this argument is where everything falls apart. While I agree that Bush is an asshat who has violated the rights f many Americans and deserves to be impeached, I also don't believe that we should abide by the decisions of the UN, NATO or any other non-US institution. There's a reason we're who we are, a reason we can get away with so much and a reason that we successfully (though not always) throw our weight around.
We see injustice and react. In the case of the recent invasion of Iraq, we were not wholly in the right, though the removal of Saddam Hussein was, even retrospectively, a good move. Staying in he region for fear of "regional instability" is bullshit, however, since much of the middle east hasn't had a very good track record regarding peace in thousands of years.
The US is expected to get into everyone's business (regional aid due to natural disasters or genocide, financial aid to suffering countries via direct influx of cash into their economy or by purchasing their exports, military assistance in the name of spreading democracy, et cetera) except when we're supposed to stay out of everyone's business (for all of the same items). In the end, we just have to do what's right. We won't win 100% of the time, but we can't just sit around and do nothing. We take on most challenges presented to us, and it would seem we do more good than harm.
Fuggit! We're America and we'll do what we please. If anyone was really THAT upset across the pond, we'd see it in a bigger way than some whining in French or German newspapers. Sure, the jihadists showed us they were unhappy with us... but then they're unhappy with pretty much everyone.
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The prospect of achieving a peace agreement with the extremist group of MILF is almost impossible...
-- Emmanuel Pinol, Governor of Cotobato
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