Alvin Chua
The US is the world's only superpower -- even Russia's president Putin admitted this. You should read Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower (2000) by William Blum. I have a feeling you'll like this book. I was of course, sad to see the war in Iraq and even Vietnam because it's innocent people and kids who suffer most. I'd recommend watching Apocalypse Now (1979) to understand the Vietnam war. Those Agent Orange generational birth defects are sickening. It's a very cruel, unfair world, and that was very sad.
In the beginning, the US attacked those countries for strategic interests such as to earn money by pushing capitalism and installing friendly dictators, but then it became about us/ US/ free 1st world versus them/ Russia/ 3rd world. I accept this, but this is not the case any longer. If you observe closely, US policies to import helped a lot of countries grow and escape poverty. It's not a might is right or zero sum game any longer. Warren Buffet's best friend Charlie Munger claims the US had intentional lopsided trade policies up until recently to buy Chinese products to help millions escape poverty.
We have limited choice and power. It's not like how we can choose to be a vegetarian to avoid the supply chain where an animal is "sinfully killed" for us. In war, you don't get a choice. You don't get to choose who you are. Can you choose not to be Chinese? If you are a Jew, your fate is mostly predestined according to their scriptures. If you are Muslim, you will be a Muslim. You don't get a choice. Do you think Israel wants Iran to constantly scream about how Iran wants to nuke Israel? Of course not. However, in facing reality, you must act. You must respond to the threat.
The US dropped more bombs on Vietnam than all the bombs dropped during WW2. The US wiped off the Red Indians and grabbed the land in the name of Christianity. I know the US isn't a perfect country and I know they do evil. The CIA spied on Singapore and tried bribing LKY with $2mn. They're not always good people.
Oops, wait a minute..! Okay, fine, they did just that in the past such as with helping the Afghan Mujahideen to fight the Soviets. But these acts were mainly for foreign policy strategies. Installing friendly governments is for earning profits.
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No. Well, I mean, yes, in WW2, it was important to attack Germany. But the decision to use nukes is always a tough decision to make. Germany mostly attacked Britain (and maybe US troops) and tried attacking Russia, but not the US, unlike Japan. Only the US had nukes. So, no to nuking Germany although it was an option and a card that could've been played had Germany refused to surrender.
In fact, in my cybersecurity company Cyberspace Command, we aren't allowed by many US partners to help Iran, China and Russia. I'm not supposed to help Iran because Iran is apparently a "terrorist country" and I'm not supposed to help Russia or China because my US partners told me they're afraid they want to reverse engineer or find ways to hack US technologies.
Our petroleum infrastructure in Sri Lanka is designed to facilitate Iranian oil according to a friend who I discussed this with. We also obtained RPGs from Iran during our war with the LTTE. I don't genuinely hate or want Iran nuked unless needed.