Is the Spanish American War Predatory?

i was just talking about this with someone at lunch, and when you look at the golden age of american imperialism in like, the 18 nineties. And the thing is that it's predatory, ok? Like the spanish American wars, this very predatory thing. But then the animal actually eats, and the carcasse is devoured. It has a sort of feeling of something that's like, natural and, right? You know, the young wolf has got to preserve the equi system. The wolf takes the deer, and he really eats the deer. I don't understand why America wouldn't want to steal the congo. What i don't unstander is why they