Apparently I was not the only one who could not bear to watch this. As I said, it was iffy going, but Jim DeMint pushed me right over the edge.
Senators Grovel, Embarrass Themselves at Dimon Hearing - Rolling Stone
And here is Jon Stewart's take:
“Thus, it should be understood that when pro-US figures use the term, 'rules-based international order,' they are not referring to anything analogous to the rule of law. Quite the opposite, they are using Orwellian language to describe a system in which essentially no rules can be established and/or observed, given that the dominant state has the prerogative to violate and/or rewrite “rules” at its whim.” Aaron Good, American Exception