“Indeed we are ?????, ????? but ?????? and ??????. So right after the fighting and nissim, they threw away their weapons and shields and went right back to Torah and Avodah.”
Perhaps that is what should have been done but it is not what took place.
After the Chanuka Story, The Chasmonaim continued fighting and established a kingdom which ruled the land for many, many years of military based rulership.
In fact, the kingdom was brought down by all the fighting, when the Romans were called in to settle a dispute between brothers.