Bear in mind that it was Rice who authored the National Security Strategy finding that was issued to Congress two weeks ago. Behind the high sounding words of our "unique" place in history is a ruthless understanding of the role of power in international relations.
Rice is a disciple of Hans Morgenthau, whose doctrine was simple: above all things, keep in mind the National Interest.
There is an intellectual theme running through all of our actions during the first two years of the Bush Administration: pursuit of the national interest. The Kyoto scam was the first casualty of this policy. The ICC was yet another. Our singleminded pursuit of Saddam is but another.
You would not have had a policy that reserves unto the United States the right to act preemptively before a danger gathers under the multilateralists who ran the Toon's Administration.
In his article about Rice in The New Yorker, Nicolas Leman asserts that Rice is becoming more of a moralist (another name for baleful Wilsonianism). I just don't see it in the NSS that she drafted. Sure, there's a lot of nice stuff in there about allies and friends, and seizing the opportunity to remake the world for democracy, but the meat of the matter for Rice is National Interest.
Be Seeing You,
Chris