That's an entirely different matter. The question is whether they will start it. I think that they are assuming, just like Ukraine did, that all they need to do is start something serious and then the US will be forced to come to their aid.

I'm familiar with this psychology because i know for sure that the Baltics think this way. They are giddily provoking Russia and just salivating at the prospect of a direct conflict because they assume that they are under the protective umbrella of the US/NATO which they see as an unstoppable force that will come and destroy all their enemies if they are in trouble.

The Zionists have similar assumptions except for them it is somewhat less absurd than for the Baltics, because the neocolony is actually vital for the empire whereas the Balts are totally delusional about their own importance.

What all of them are missing is that the US's unipolar moment has passed. Even if they do get the US directly involved in their conflict, that is not going to be the guaranteed victory they think it is. The Taliban proved it, the Houthis/Ansarallah continue to prove it.