When you accept the good guys/bad guys paradigm you've already been drinking deeply from the propaganda koolaid.

As a US citizen who has watched my country's behavior since they wanted me to join the death lottery and go to kill people on the other side of the world (Vietnam) I know the vile evil war-mongering vermin that are in charge of our military.

And now — Blinken and Nuland make Cheney and Wolfowitz look good.