You're not wrong but geopolitics can't usually be simplified down to just what's right and wrong. There's an incredible amount of nuance and gray areas. If the 'right' thing to do is, say, not act now, you could be putting your whole economy at risk and countless lives on the line. Should that come to pass in the years to come it would probably be deemed that you made the 'wrong' choice those years ago, and your 'no war' philosophy was ruthlessly taken advantage of by your adversaries who don't share those quandaries.