I absolutely take your opinion into account. How the world perceives the United States is in fact important. Lots of our problems stem from the fact that a significant portion of the world thinks of us as war mongers. I have traveled through South East Asia and was treated with nothing but kindness, but also learned of how lots of folks consider our government to be resource whores, and just plain evil.
this world is seemingly smaller everyday, opinions matter, we all have them.