[Right_Wing_Madman]

A horrible 9-11 event must happen to get American sheep all mad and crazy for revenge.

Or it could like Vietnam: slow and perpetual mission creep, like boiling a frog in water. The body bags repatriate before the public knows they're at war. The US is already implementing this approach in Ukraine.

[desertsolitaire]

I we assume we have some US military personnel over in Ukraine doing training and maybe directing weapons systems use (?Patriot, etc batteries), inevitably at least a few will be killed by Russian artillery, missiles. Glide bombs, etc. To avoid saying officially that these men died in Ukraine fighting the Russians, are they listed as made-up “training accidents” which occurred elsewhere? Do they get theater combat pay enhancement while there and medals for action? Do families know where and how they ddied? Is this a ridiculous premise or is it happening now?