And suppose you WERE willing to do that?
Do you have a theoretical construct of how such a thing would be possible?
People here talk about it as if it's similar to ordering a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It probably isn't.
Jerk Today?
We ended Naziism. We ended Japanese militarism.
It takes political will that is completely lacking today. But similar will did at one time exist in the USA.
What we should have done is taken the southwest of the country. It has not many people, and many natural resources.
Turn it into the 51st state and fill it with Christian Americans willing to settle the new frontier.