If a country uses military force beyond its borders far more than any other nation (let's ignore actual border/territorial disputes), I don't think it deserves

If a country uses military force beyond its borders far more than any other nation (let's ignore actual border/territorial disputes), I don't think it deserves much credit for being, let's say, only 90% as brutal (which I would dispute as well, but it would take really getting into the weeds -- start off with some examples from https://archive.md/20211006055938/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/the-other-afghan-women https://archive.md/20211006055938/https://www.newyorker.com/...).