At least in the US public opinion doesn't matter. Only lobbyist opinion matters. So they can get away with whatever they want to do.

And my entire presumption in making my original prediction is that something is going on that we don't know about. I'm inferring from the behavior of world leaders that there is something very significant but still entirely secret. Because I simply can't believe they are all this nuts and/or corrupt.

But maybe they are. It was just a prediction.