Must the World Love Us?

Victor Davis Hanson at NRO online asks a question I've always wondered about "world opinion" of the U.S: is that *always* a bad thing?

Perhaps sometimes, sometimes, angering parts of the international community was a good thing. When you shake down a bully on the playground, afterall, he's not going to be real fond of you.

I mean, ya, sometimes, but I really wonder if we Americans are making much ado about nothing (or at least almost nothing) when it comes to world opinion.