"At the end of the day it's just a handful of people who get to decide these things" I disagree, there are far more factors playing at hand. A government is mad

"At the end of the day it's just a handful of people who get to decide these things" I disagree, there are far more factors playing at hand. A government is made of many people. Or as example, general A decided to attack, but the army couldn't progress due to bad weather. He did his decision but it didn't matter.