Why would one Commie pick a war with other Commies?
The Russians have a word for it: Provokatsiya
See ETL's link above for more information about it.
Some of it makes sense. Remember O's chief of staff making the statement about not letting a crisis go to waste? Here you actually help or start one, then take advantage of the situation to further your plan - like a Muslim invasion of the West perhaps...
Or in this case, some other scheme we yet haven't figured out. Then, there are those who think China/Russia are now teaming with Muslims to take down the West.
I'm sure it's complicated - the above is no doubt a simplistic view of what's actually taking place.