The AEI is part of the problem and has been for over 20 years. They are a proven Zionist front group that lied America into Iraq and elsewhere.

The AEI and similar think tanks use chaos to feed into and enable the Empire's desires. It feeds into the two-party sock puppet show and will always amplify and encourage arguments between the two sides that do not involve core tenets of the oligarchy. Any protest movement that actually highlights the abusiveness of the US Empire (regardless of who happens to be in office) will ALWAYS be ignored at best and smeared at worst. That's why we've seen so much attention go into either MAGA or anti-MAGA, meanwhile genuine anti-war or anti-Empire movements struggle to get off the ground and their supporters either doxxed, deported, or threatened with harm.

As long as Americans can be herded into supporting either of the two mainstream parties against the other, they are fully plugged in to an artificially manufactured worldview which protects the interests of oligarchy and Empire. As long as enough people are either screaming "Go Trump!" or "Never Trump!", the Empire's crimes (both global and domestic) can continue unimpeded.