Game theory says accelerate, or at least make a good movie of it. Bring people to the precipice for them to change to break them of their programming.
To retaliate against invaders now, or worse, to go on the offensive in shithole countries, allows the enemy to entrench their positions with redoubled emotional arguments.
After the precipice, normie men will be forced to scour their nations clean. There will be a rush for the exits, and a lot won't make it. The enemy will retreat to their hidey holes.