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I really put little import on how we are viewed in the world. So much of the "goodwill" that the rest of the world had for us during the Cold War era was simply because we were mostly seen as the lesser of two evils, and our military buildup essentially allowed the rest of the world to free-ride on our military might, without destroying their economys. The rest of the world wanted the US to go away when the Soviet Union fell. We beat up the old town bully, and now (regardless of our intentions) the townsfolk see us as the bully, simply because we have the most power. The only thing that would cause the return of the "goodwill" would be if another true superpower emerged. Personally, I think the best thing for the US is to go strict isolationist, at least in non-economic dealings. No military interventions, no sanctioning, no anything. North Korea isn't an immediate threat to us, let China/Russia/Japan deal with them. It's obvious we are just spinning our wheels at this point in the middle east, so lets pull out. Let the rest of the world deal with the world's problems, we have more than enough here to deal with ourselves.
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