What precarious position are you referring to?

I'm not talking about precarious in a military sense. I mean in a political sense. We've alienated ourselves from the U.N... We've made enemies with France (oooh la la!)... et cetera. We (along with the good British blokes across the pond, our Aussie friends down under, and, curiously, our new Polish brethren) are the ones fighting the war while everyone else hedges their bets with reactions ranging from complete condemnation, to unofficial acknowledgements that we're doing the right thing, but "sssh! don't tell anyone" because it's not popular to agree with ANYTHING the U.S. does.