Just for us foreigners, can someone explain what Mitt Romney meant in his speech after winning the latest primaries when he said something like 'America will not apologize abroad' as its sounds a bit like 'we're going to do what we like and tough luck if you don't like it'. Not exactly what you might call diplomatic!
You are interpreting it correctly. American politics will never include global consensus as an aspect of its stated foreign policy.
EDIT: Just to be clear, the same is true of both Republican and Democratic politicians. International consensus = subverting American foreign policy. For what it's worth, as a practical matter, most nations around the world, including in Europe, do the same thing, they're just less vocal/confrontational about it.
