So much has changed since Sept 11,2001,that the United States no longer feels it needs to set an example in international conduct, but instead expects others to endorse whatever it does.BUNN NAGARA looks at the fallout from the Iraq war to assess the damage.
DISPARITIES in power between countries are so great that international norms and laws governing sovereign rights, justice and peace now hardly count for anything. The same goes with certain national ideals like official openness and free speech.