Why do you imagine any sentient person cares about your backward gazing assessment while our Lord of the Rings tier survival war is raging? Shire hobbit clueless?

Fyi no genuine scholar tries to offer analysis of events for decades. Why? The perspective is needed and events need to play out over time to be able to judge choices. Such pursuits are for the privileged during peace time. They are NOT for now. Survival instincts and threat awareness kick in, when? You'll know because you will start focusing on what YOU ARE DOING to survive. You will stop backward gazing and being a sidelining critic of far away leaders beyond your control.