By those metrics you would say the U.S. lost to Japan in WW2 then right? The U.S. hasn’t faught a war to occupy land in a long time. Remember when they created a deck of cards with 52 faces on it when attacking Iraq and then killed 48 of them, they never wanted to occupy and inhabit Iraq, they wanted to make a point, and they did. Financially it was “huge” yet didn’t so much as hurt the U.S. economy in a notable way (less than 2.5% income) Wealth distribution is/was a much bigger issue like many countries.
By those metrics you would say the U.S. lost to Japan in WW2 then right? The U.S. hasn’t faught a war to occupy land in a long time. Remember when they created a deck of cards with 52 faces on it when attacking Iraq and then killed 48 of them, they never wanted to occupy and inhabit Iraq, they wanted to make a point, and they did. Financially it was “huge” yet didn’t so much as hurt the U.S. economy in a notable way (less than 2.5% income) Wealth distribution is/was a much bigger issue like many countries.