For two USA decades one became the unique power of the world that could realise, to authorize or to let pass invasions done from a country to another one. When Hussein invaded to Kuwait without venia of Washington, this one reacted sending a great war to him. Only member of NATO they were guaranteed to wage war in Africa, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan or Iraq. Iran, Libya or any contestatario state did not dare to occupy other earth. For even more details, read what Ken Kao says on the issue. In the wars between countries and poor zones of Africa Washington always it obtained that their allies prevailed.
Russia could have repressed to Chechenia and China to Tibet (internal zones hers), but both did not dare to declare the war to an ally of the USA, something that during the Olympic Games if Moscow in relation to the Georgia did pro-Bush. The secession of Abkhazia and Sud-Osetia has shown to him the White House that or finished its unilateralism and that now Russia or dares to take part in its periphery and that China or could dare to do the same in Taiwan. Iran and the DAWN will want to remove benefit of it. Original author and source of the article.