Maybe since they have been thrown into disarray by the Afghanistan campaign, they are like a cornered animal, lashing out at anything and everything, friend or foe. Trying to stay relevant, and on the front pages (like a certain ex-President).
After I posted that, I was thinking that the way we think and the way they think is so much different. They do not look at GOP/Democrat, Left/Right etc. In their eyes, the West is equally evil, it's just that we (the USA) are richer and more powerful than the other Western countries. The tree with the most apples attracts the most bats. And yes, they are planning on taking over Europe as well.