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This is correct, armies can do well in defending populations. The issue is that wars tend to cause more of what they are trying to solve/prevent. For example, Nazism rising out of the aftermath of WWI. Authoritarian/aggressive USSR/Russia rising out of the west's reaction to the socialistic revolution of 1917.
I think that, ideally, armies should be converted to be a positive force of cooperation (for example helping people all across the world with self-sufficient and sustainable local agriculture), instead of an aggressive/destructive one (of course, this can not realistically happen in the current way the world works, but I'm talking theoretically)
What you're asking for is Star Trek and The Federation. The military(only speaking for the US) isn't equipped or trained for nation building. It is by nature the "big stick" Teddy Roosevelt was referring to. The state department is the diplomatic arm of the US government. They should be the ones forging all those ties and teaching people outside the US how to be self sufficient and sustainable.
Honestly I wish the US military was more like The Federation. I'd join back up in a heartbeat.