A kid gets it: actions have consequences. Regional warfare spiking energy costs, arms pipelines running quiet, occupation commerce flowing unquestioned, endless interventions paying dividends in instability. The Democratic establishment keeps fumbling the same foreign policy playbook that created the mess they're supposedly reacting to. The child understands cause and effect. The adults in the room are still arguing about "why do they hate us" while signing off on the policies that guarantee the answer.