Nah. It's explained by the regular stupidity. The Western governments had to show that they are doing something.
By fall 2023 they knew the score. But they couldn’t get out then and they still can’t.
That’s really what it boils down to for people like you: the production values. No contest, the US is unbeatable in that department. Anything but to be seen as a sucker.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8...
And yes, your foreign shilling is that obvious.