Unveiled recently on September 20, our new "National Security Strategy" has diabolical implications for world peace and security. Delivered to the Senate floor this morning by Senator Kennedy, a part of it reads:

"It is impossible to justify any such double standard under international law. Might does not make right. America cannot write its own rules for the modern world. To attempt to do so would be unilateralism run amok. It would antagonize our closest allies, whose support we need to fight terrorism, prevent global warming, and deal with many other dangers that affect all nations and require international cooperation. It would deprive America of the moral legitimacy necessary to promote our values abroad. And it would give other nations -- from Russia to India to Pakistan -- an excuse to violate fundamental principles of civilized international behavior.

The Administration's doctrine is a call for 21st century American imperialism that no other nation can or should accept. It is the antithesis of all that America has worked so hard to achieve in international relations since the end of World War II. "