That's exactly what an existential threat looks like - desperate for an external enemy to blame. Consider Putin, Hitler, etc - when things are properly screwed,

That's exactly what an existential threat looks like - desperate for an external enemy to blame. Consider Putin, Hitler, etc - when things are properly screwed, the easiest thing for a leader to do is blame then annihilate their neighbors. Nuclear weapons mean that poor troop training means nothing. Trucking a bomb into New Delhi has never been difficult.