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There lies the failure of your argument: Hope.
What if one country decided not to respect its neighbor? Iraq came to mind? What if one country decides to do something that another country determined that such action constitute a violation/threat? Iraq determined that Kuwait 'lateral drilling' constitute theft of national resources.
Iraq Accuses Kuwait Again - CBS News
So even after Saddam Hussein gone, Iraq and Kuwait are still at each other's throats.
What if Kuwait is innocent?
You may not like the current global situation with the US as the unofficial policeman or diplomat peacemaker, but without US willing to do what others cannot, your China would probably be at constant war considering you do not know your leadership as well as you think you know ours.
There is a problem with your claim, you're assuming that the US playing policeman and diplomat has done the world good, as it's too late to pick the other choice, we can safely assume that your reasoning is based on nothing more than assumptions. There is literally no evidence that the US has directly stopped wars from occurring through diplomatic means, and there is literally no evidence to suggest that every military action the US has taken in other nations has been for the benefit of the world.
On the contrary, there is evidence that US actions, both diplomatic and military, have done tremendous damage, for example, pre-Iraq war of 2003, the US imposed sanctions on Iraq are known to have killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children, with US diplomates defending the decision, likewise, direct and indirect US military actions in Iraq have also caused over a million Iraqi deaths have left a nation even more sectarian than it previously was. It's given a safe haven to Al-Qaeda, when Al-Qaeda didn't exist in the nation.
That's just one example out of many.