We have the same nonsense in the U.K. for the masses.
The U.K. have expelled the Russian embassy for poisoning a Russian double agent on the British main land. (The main was a traitor to his country so I won’t lose sleep over him)
The British media are showing the story for the masses with the Angle WE will respond robustly the the Russkis
The UK responding robustly
The City of London gets fat on Russian money while spewing the horse kak to the masses.
Its the same in the US.
You are right
i used to believe the circus distraction on TV until few years ago when i watched this documentary;
https://youtu.be/IFuvj6WKDvwand this one recently it's very interesting, even people living in this cities don't know what's going on;
https://youtu.be/eHnwtkfX2k4 Watching the news over past weeks, i remember learning in eastern block officers school that the sign preceding war are economic tensions, military maneuvers next to border , diplomatic relations cut off and some more i forgot.
"A single airplane, which comes from the east, throws something into the large water. Then the water lifts itself as high as a tower and falls down. Everything is inundated. There is an earthquake. The southern part of England slips into the water. Three large cities will be ruined: one will be destroyed by the water, the second is located so high in the Sea, that you can only see the church tower and the third falls in."
"One part of England disappears, when the thing falls into the sea, which the pilot drops. Then the water lifts itself as high as a tower and falls down. What this thing is, I do not know..."
The Prophecies Of Alois Irlmaier
http://www.crystalinks.com/irlmaier.html