The gloves come off

They're not even pretending it's about protecting the US anymore. From a Reuter's article:

In an interview with Britain's Financial Times newspaper, Powell said Bush had no intention of pulling back and insisted the newly re-elected president had a mandate to pursue American national interests in international affairs.

In a shocking and unforeseen move, Bush takes his weak election majority as a mandate to subjugate the rest of the world in the name of American business interests.