I don't think it's too absurd to imply that a country would expand into weaker neighboring countries if it could. One example where the US has intervened is Eg

I don't think it's too absurd to imply that a country would expand into weaker neighboring countries if it could. One example where the US has intervened is Egypt -- without the US the Sinai Peninsula would surely be part of Israel right now. So yes I'd say it would seize land from Egypt, as it already has.