Would it be enough to cause a Russian retaliatory action against Washington DC?
It is just like the start of WW1. Wilson, on the one hand, preached neutrality. Meanwhile he was arming the Allies with weapons.
Wilson first had to get the voters behind him, so he waited till the Germans sank the Lusitania that was a passanger ship with Americans on board. I mean, that is an act of war, right?
Problem is, divers found war supplies on board that ship Wilson claimed was not a war ship
Foreign Office warning that operation 'could literally blow up on us' reopens debate over German rationale for sinking liner
www.theguardian.com
So once Wilson created this fake outrage over "killing" innocent civilians, he no longer had to withstand the wrath of the American people as their children came home in body bags.
This is how Democrats roll
LBJ did the same thing in Vietnam. He simply made up an attack on the US to justify war
“We were about to launch a war under false pretenses, in the face of the on-scene military commander’s advice to the contrary."
allthatsinteresting.com
But Americans love their democrat party and subsequent wars.
They just can't get enough.
Speaking of which, they do well these days just to get enough to eat.
Let's go Brandon!!