"They're just telling a story. They can find online novelists to fabricate stories that lots of people are willing to believe. Stories have always worked that way. Whether they're logical or not doesn't matter. Whether they're true or not doesn't matter. What matters is whether you need the story and if the story is compelling enough."
"After two terms as federal president, what kind of capital do people need to win the election and become the next federal president?"
"Ceasing a war could make them the president, so could starting a war."
"They might sacrifice more people for the sake of starting another war, giving everyone an excuse that the war is inevitable."
"For example, a federal civilian spacecraft that crashes in Imperial Star or an imperial nobleman who dies accidentally on Azure Star."
"Their bottom line is even lower than you think."
"It might seem like this has nothing to do with you, nothing to do with me."