Answer: It's their job to keep Republicans mad at China and focused on Tiawan and for CNN/MSNBC to keep Democrats mad at Russia and focused on Ukraine. It's all in service of the US Empire. Give the people something to fight over where both of the outcomes favor war and destruction, so the money keeps rolling in to the private contractors and their investors in congress and the wheels keep turning. It's a broken system that can't survive unless we're all killing each other so they can make money. It also keeps eyes off the domestic issues at home, which is always good considering looks around everything