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To say that "no country with a significant military force took the threat of military force seriously" seems like a bit of a stretch to me. How, exactly, do you know this? It could easily be argued that the US actions in Serbia prove that UN sanctions can result in significant military pressure.
Yes, America has shown that we are willing to back up our threats with actions regardless of global opinion (and I would bet that the citizens of GB, Austrailia and Turkey aren't quite as supportive of our actions as their governments are) but we have yet to see any real rewards for this shift in policy. As I mentioned in previous posts, I'm not aware of any lessening of state supported terror or any increase in global stability. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I have yet to be corrected.
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