Could America have taken over the World after World War 2? Should they have?

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g911turbo said:

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bouzane said:
It's doubtful that America could have defeated the Soviet Union after WWII let alone the entire world. Additionally, it would have been impossible to retain the new territory. Conquering the planet through force can never be achieved, hence why it has never happened.

Agreed. And in fairness, America couldn't even conquer a handful of small 3rd world countries in the last few years.

To be fair, we weren't trying to conquer them.  I don't think we really know what we were trying to do actually.  Its like being pot shot by a bully, not knowing which one it was, then randomly attacking the entire neighborhood and sitting in peoples houses eating their food.

We had too many limitations placed on our military for them to effectively deal with those countries. Can't fight wars with the kiddie gloves on.