"You appear to believe that the US gvmt has the capability to make plans and to execute them - this is contrary to recent experience, recent history, and above all current practice "

How has it escaped your attention that the US has, indeed, sent over 100 ATACMS to Kiev and that those are, indeed, today being used to kill Russians on Russian territory? Add to that the many HARM, Patriot, and other US weapons that have been used to kill Russians on Russian territory, not to mention the US's execution of a ten-year plan to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to arm its nazi puppets in Ukraine to the teeth.

Thinking that the US is not capable of making plans and then executing them is a huge mistake. The US especially has a track record of making good on its threats to attack other countries.