Nothing happens there without them knowing. Period. They wanted a war and they got one.
Do you not think the same families have been pulling the strings of both sides for a long time? Napoleonic wars, and everything since? We’ve been manipulated for a long time.
Nobody likes to admit they are duped though, and many will just carry on.
Bullcrap. There is a point where the suspicion gets retarded. You are there. This was not planned, wanted, or deliberately allowed to happen.