The damned idiots in DC. They are having Brits inside Ukraine firing Storm Shadows, our guys running Patriot and other systems. Brit harpoons got that Russian cruiser, and probably the Kerch bridge. We help the Ukes target oil and other factories deep inside Russia. We blew up Nordstream. We helped the Ukes extend the range of SAMs and shot down that command and control place over the Sea of Azov last week.
Eventually, something unexpected will happen. DC and London are under the delusion that nobody would ever dare hit them back. A lot of bullies learn that lesson to their surprise.
The Russians might give hypersonics to Iran and Yemen.
> DC and London are under the delusion that nobody would ever dare hit them back. <
Years ago I read an article where the author identified one of America’s core problems. We won WW2 too completely. And so we became arrogant, and infected with “victory disease”.
You’d think Korea and Vietnam would have cured us. But, no. We continue to recklessly interfere everywhere.
For anyone who’s interested:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_disease
Think about every 'conflict' since Vietnam. That is now at to 50 years of not being in direct conflict with a peer/near peer. But a lot of profit.
Combine that with people involved in foreign policy with an axe to grind (Nuland in the case of Ukraine).
Then, outsourcing the manufacturing to places like *cough* China.