Very likely this will push the rest of the world to increase the cooperation to "contain" US (for the tendency of the feebles to unite against the strong noted by Machiavelli), and this is already visible now: I read today that China is establishing important business agreements with Iran and announced its veto to whatever measure against Iran by the UN security council, and even Europe is increasing its relationships with Iran and is pushing forward its Galileo satellite system (an alternative to the US Gps with a serious strategic relevance) ignoring the threats by US (which menaced of destroying european satellites)...
Good point. I just remembered the failed US attempt in Venezuela a few months back. However the incident in Haiti, less than a year ago, which a majority of the US is unaware of, does make me a little pessimistic of any major change. Thomas