On the Likelihood that Any Nation Could Rule Another Through Brute Force Without Also Perpetrating Violence On Itself and Fundamentally Altering its Own Principles (Stipulating of Course that They Possess Any)

Let's just say that history does not seem to be replete with a bevy of positive examples and leave it at that (though, yes, it does sometimes take a wee-bit for the downfall; Rome, Spain, England, etc.).