Sure,
As long as it’s just money we’re throwing at it.
We are the nation with forces in the most countries around the world. With the most troops deployed outside our borders. With the biggest war budget in the world. One of the nations with the most manpower in the armed forces. We have invaded or attacked more countries than anyone else in the world post 1991 (251 military operations). And you talk about them being “predatory?”. Are you for real?
Post 1991 we were left as the only worlds superpower. China was barely on the radar. We quickly learned that we can use force with impunity to get what we want.
Post 9-11 we changed our MO and became much more aggressive, more assertive and massively meddling in other countries using our non-conventional and Intel capabilities which had grown enormously post 2003.
Today you have US congressmen proposing the invasion of another nation merely because it “sounds good,” because it benefits him politically, and this neighbor is a NAFTA member and poses ZERO threat to us: https://youtu.be/UD4kFxyHALo?si=UhhhqtklLlBStVge. I assure you, the Mexicans do not see the Russians as predatory.
Instead of trying to pretend labels, cliche, and slogans are an argument, try using facts. It may help.
Thanks to ww2 we learned to be proactive and deal with problems before they become bigger ones. We also dealt with terrorism and were not just throwing our weight around just to throw it around. It was not and is not that simple.