Just War-- or a Just War

What about America's world standing if we don't go to war after such a great deployment of military forces in the region? is a question posed in the article Just War--or a Just War? by Jimmy Carter. In my opinion whether we go to war or not at the point this was discussed wouldn't change America's world standing. In fact it would be stupid if we went to war just because we had deployed the troops. So I don't think that other countries would look down on us just because we didn't go to war but may in fact look at us with respect for not fighting unnecessarily. So I don't think that America's world standing would change if we don't go to war after such a great deployment of military forces in the region, but if it did at all only for the better.