If you accept war is a racket you should understand the constant neccesity for boogie-men. US citizens will never go to war against Russia. Apart from a well-time false flag on the west coast, what would make them go to war against China? Certainly no Clown-in-chief or cross-dressing defsec. Nobody preparing for war targets their own military personel with poison shots or gender ideology.
The percieved risk of war is what is the goal as for a bureaucratic state machine that's all they need to keep plundering the treasury.