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

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You honestly believe they are trying to conquer those countries? The death toll in the middle east is super 1 sided. I see a lot of people underestimating the U.S military right now. We have by far the best military currently and could take out any country still with the amount of firepower and advanced technology we have. It's not like all that money that we spend on the military doesn't do anything. We still spend the most out of any other country by far.

Definition of conquer:

con·quer

ˈkäNGkər/

verb

verb: conquer; 3rd person present: conquers; past tense: conquered; past participle: conquered; gerund or present participle: conquering

overcome and take control of (a place or people) by use of military force.

"the Magyars conquered Hungary in the Middle Ages"

synonyms:

defeat, beat, vanquish, trounce, triumph over, be victorious over, get the better of, worst; More overcome, overwhelm, overpower, overthrow, subdue, subjugate, quell, quash, crush, rout; informallick, best, hammer, clobber, thrash, paste, demolish, annihilate, wipe the floor with, walk all over, make mincemeat of, massacre, slaughter, cream, shellac, skunk "the Franks conquered the Visigoths" seize, take (over), appropriate, subjugate, capture, occupy, invade, annex, overrun "Peru was conquered by Spain"

• successfully overcome (a problem or weakness).

  "a fear she never managed to conquer"

  synonyms:

  overcome, get the better of, control, master, get a grip on, deal with, cope with, surmount, rise above, get over; More quell, quash, beat, triumph over; informallick "the way to conquer fear"

• climb (a mountain) successfully.

  "the second American to conquer Everest"

  synonyms:

  climb, ascend, mount, scale, top, crest "the first men to conquer Mount Everest"

So yes, what else would they be doing there but conquering.

I was under the impression you were talking about the middle east. They aren't trying to conquer it just supress terrorist activity which is evident by the death toil on them and not the U.S soldiers. They aren't doing anything to the government so it's not the kind of conquering you would do to a country.