I think the Powers that be may want a war badly because they realize that the can can’t be kicked down the road much more and they can’t delay the inevitable financial implosion much longer. Therefore, start a war to distract the masses from seeing the reality of calamitous financial realities.
I quote Tyler Durden from ZH this morning:
We are at war with ourselves, not China, and the games being played out by Washington to maintain the status quo is slowing creating the next crisis that won’t be fixed with another monetary bailout.