Wag the dog

Back during the Clinton administration when the Lewinsky scandal was at its peak the government took several controversial actions that some in the press thought were designed to take the news away from the scandal. The first was the bombing of an aspirin factory in Africa which was followed up with the bombing of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The coincidence was so obvious that Hollywood produced a movie called Wag the Dog depicting a made up war in Albania where the government went to war to distract the public. Is it possible that military action in Ukraine could be used to move attention away from the current problems facing the administration. Not in the real world but the fact that it is even considered is a bit disturbing.