I thought this opinion article was interesting. Here’s a quote:

The world was always dangerously overexposed to whatever direction the US took.

Ironically, this all might be the beginning of a process that leads to genuine “liberation days” for other countries, but not the US itself. There is pain ahead, but also a sort of independence. Above all, there might finally be a recognition that the US’s definition of peace and prosperity was always its own, enforced by sheer force of power and propaganda.