The Anglo American War on Russia Part 26

One of the most used tools in the American arsenal since before the world wars has been "provocation". If you know you can't sway opinion at home to cheer your exploits abroad, nor can you keep allies on your side, then you have to coax your target to commit some believable crime or atrocity against your people or those of an ally. Sometimes you even have to sacrifice your own to get the fury to rise in the populace. Think Pearl Harbor.