[Stentor]

have no idea how much harm they're doing to their own country

I don't buy this. They are nihilistic. It's the political and psychological equivalent of calling in the artillery on your own position. I suspect we're dealing with a panoply of APA Definitions.

[Dolphy]

Well, I was going to add in that post that I don't believe they care about what harm they are doing. But I was too sleepy:)