It's ridiculously stupid. It's the sort of thing that makes me wonder if Empire's dominance really has lead to their next/this generation of legionaries/acolytes being totally inept.

It's moronic to wage an all out war, when really they could've probably turned it into a cheap labour pool like they did to Panama and El Salvador back in the day, while still maintaining total hegemony in the area. Give them their 'independence', but make sure all of their leaders are 'our [USA's] guys'. If they act up they get struck by the sanctions whip, the economic warfare that liberals are too poorly informed to understand.

People being blown up by missiles on the other hand? Liberals know it's poor optics to support that.