You’re right, it’s exactly what it is.
Only this time, we’re the ones handing over the keys and saying, please take it. At least the old colonizers had ships and guns…
Discussion
So if these new ones had ships and guns it'd be fine?
If they came with ships and guns, at least we’d call it what it is: a war. Obviously they didn’t do that. So no, it wouldn’t be fine. It’d just be less pathetic than what we’re doing now.