There are some of us who think we *do* know the answer to this, and it isn't pretty. It's *neither* not knowing, *nor* not caring. They are active pursuing an agenda which is *not* in the best interests of the United States as a nation, because they literally believe "nationalism" is an outmoded concept. They pursue a "one world government" paradigm, to the exclusion of all else. Everything they do is calculated to advance the installation of that global government.
In order for this global government to work, they need some method of controlling the world's population. Two preferred methods are the totalitarian and conformist-based ideologies of Marxism, and Islam. It is no coincidence that most career professionals are/were largely pro-Soviet, and pro Arab. With the fall of the Iron Curtain, and the implosion of the Soviet Union, which oddly enough, these "best and brightest" couldn't, or more likely wouldn't foresee, the emphasis has gone from near-overt support for Marxism, to near-overt support for Islam. They need the vehicle for their global governance scheme...
the infowarrior
Yes.