Sure the US image is important

I think the image of the US is unjust.

For one I think the US treats its prisoners better than China or Russia treats its civilians who commit crimes.
If you are in the Russian Mafia, in a gunfight and get caught, but the other guy gets away you can bet the Russian police are either going to get the name of the guy or you will be severely damaged goods. But the polls give Russia and China a better view than the US.

Invading Iraq was done after inspectors were unable to find WMD's, by the strongest army in the world when no territorial issues were at stake and Iraq had not invaded any other country.

With this one sided view any dictator, terrorist, murder of its own people in any country would be able to get away with it because no one would have the right to go into that country and save the people with force.

I think Saddam was just as much a threat as al Qaeda was in Afghanistan by aiding terrorist, wanting/planning to kill Americans and you don’t.

We will just have to disagree.