America doesn’t conquer....we free people......
I understand where you’re coming from, but its a naive viewpoint. The people we conquer, or their children, may actually be glad years later, but certainly don’t want to lose during the actual war.
Ultimately, its the loser who decides that the war is over because they’ve been decisively crushed. I can’t think of any examples in history that prove otherwise. Ceasefires often solve little and leave the real problems to be resolved on the battlefield another day.
People from the South old enough to have been taught excellent history about the War of Northern Aggression or the War of Tariffs before it became known as ‘The Civil War’ have a pretty good idea of how both sides dealt with that period. As for Germany or Japan, as targets of their aggression, we won and we didn’t occupy; we have rebuilt where we can and could over the years....name me one other country that does that.