what would you do if you found out this was a chinese psyop meant to encourage a civil war?
the point is to make you despair. if they're telling you US military intelligence is behind the scenes doing all the heavy lifting, and then after three years you found out you were lied to. that's planting the seed for catharsis. they've given you organization (a place to communicate) and a 'leader'. you'd never have had that without this place.