To travel with Secretary Powell is to catch a brief glimpse of a parallel universe: the heedless, insular, bellicose, unilateralist America seen by many European eyes.

Russian reporter to Powell: why had the US "finally agreed" to the arms control treaty, "because, as we know, you don't like treaties."

Powell: "We do like this treaty."

"It's difficult to give an answer overall as to how Europe views American policy, because American policy is multi-faceted."

Powell: "We have worked very, very hard to try to erase this view that we are unilateralist, just doing anything we please and we don't talk to our friends about it."