between two nations. The Tin Soldier Twins are just dragging their countries into the quagmire with them, against widespread opposition and disapproval

The rich get richer a la PNAC.

So, after the lessons of WWII Israeli powers that be felt constrained to use ANY tactic for survival ultimately focusing on the demise of their enemies before the oil game disappeared and their Euro and American allies vanished. They played into the Game and got two oil guy presidents(fairly recently) to take out some. The Arab spring got around the edges and peacemakers got Gaza isolated then abandoned. The only thorn(Saudi Arabia is clutching its global financial pearls) is the big radicalized but stressed out Iran. At a somewhat strategic moment, probably enhanced or created by CIA and Mossad we have the only loon in American history to launch an insane attack. A loon set up by Russian Israeli agents and fleeing his "secret" honey trap/collusion" in the apocalypse of Krasnov.

Had to believe Putin would secretly aid him in Iran, Israel would be there for him 100%, that giving Putin oil would be part of the "deal". Real panic however at Ukraine offering him valuable help. THAT definitely screws the long and short deal with Putin. Lives will be lost for rejecting that useful offer. But now that the game's afoot, no screaming, demanding, rationalizing can win a war or guarantee help from allies of any sort, or the simple surrender of a large nation punched by a bully with loudly insulting, mad prejudice.

Meanwhile we seem to have no one near DC- or elsewhere- to defend the Constitution from a traitor, useful idiot, falsely elected, criminal and imminent danger to all mankind occupier of an overly powerful executive seat at war with all mankind to save all things personal to him alone... One reason is long decades, maybe longer than you think, panicky moves by rich elites to leave us with nothing except compromised human beings at ALL points of power. And loving a useful madman at the helm.