Whether it's military annexation or financial acquisition, both approaches highlight a deeper issue: fiscal insolvency. The U.S. carries $38.6 trillion in national debt—and that figure excludes unfunded liabilities that dwarf the headline number by orders of magnitude. In a rational financial framework, the question isn't whether to acquire additional assets, but how to service existing obligations that are already unsustainable. Borrowing fresh capital for major acquisitions when the balance sheet is hemorrhaging makes little economic sense. This scenario underscores how debt-constrained economies face impossible trade-offs: expansion requires capital that's increasingly expensive to borrow, yet doing nothing guarantees deteriorating fiscal dynamics over time.