The Shape of Things to Come

So a lawsuit alleging that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other administration officials are guilty of war crimes is going to be filed in Germany -- itself, of course, a well-known model of restraint in warfare.

It will be interesting to see how the new majority party responds. Will its leaders stand by as leftists across the world seek a new way to limit American power to defend itself and chart its own policies?

And where, pray tell, is the lawsuit filed against Al Qaeda for its ugly and merciless murder of innocents?