Indeed... the "why" evades all rational, logical thought

[Irish_Dem]

19. Exactly. These tactics are straight out of the CIA/KGB handbook.

They use highly successful tactics which have been used for centuries.
Yes like the ancient Roman Divide and Conquer strategy.
A very successful strategy used for 2,300 years.

Make a country hate each other so much they will never unite to fight a mutual enemy.

You can see this in action every day. The recent brutal attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband.
GOPers every where saying it was a lie or delighted in the news.

They want us dead. They will never unite with us to fight Putin or the other autocrats.
And hate us so much they will end democracy so we never have a say in government again.

If our democracy survives, social psychologists, sociologists, political scientists will be studying
these dynamics for a long time.