Although taking over more land may be better, these countries being taken over or turned democratic may result in that country waging war. also other allies of the acting party may also leave because those allies don't want anything to do with other countries purely trying to protect themselves. a good example of this is us Americans. *he he.
So if you go around the world and talk about america around business owners and politicians, they'll be likely to shun you for it, because we are likely to police the world in any way we can trying to eliminate communism. This results in few allies and many enemies. Hope this helps.
