I would not invade any country, any time, for any reason.
My reasons are based on a first hand experience called Viet Nam. We could go anywhere we wanted, take anything we wanted, and keep anything we wanted - yet we ‘lost’ the war.
As a nation we have lost our willpower to finish anything that is even the least bit hard or distasteful. The people that fought World War II had it, and understood it - but somewhere shortly thereafter it was lost.
Invading anyplace with the current attitude of the American public just means we will get some of our very best people killed to accomplish nothing. Give me great pain to type that, but sadly it is true.
I agree with you.
This idea that emerged in the 60's that one could invade a country and not kill each and every person that holds a hostile view of you, ascertains defeat. Eventually.
And that takes manpower and the will to kill. On a massive scale.