Why not just blame it on the Russians? Oh, wait, that's the recent boogey man.

Actually it was the fault of those damn Soviets for quitting 12 years prior and leaving a perfectly good military industrial complex with nothing better to do.

Now they've found it's just as difficult to bomb Arabs in sandals, armed with AK 47's, into submission, as it was Vietmanese in sandals, armed with AK 47's. So it's back to pointing the finger at the Russians and Chinese and demanding more money to protect us from them. Kind of the same game as the local mafia, shaking down the businesses in their area.

Hopefully you are just some robot or zombie and haven't actually sold your soul to the Beast, because you can never buy it back.