Honest question. If the elite were trying WW3. And still are. Why not just push the button?
If all you have worked for is up for grabs and at risk of loss, most of these guys would spitefully wipe everything out. Having to secretly, meticulously have to create WW3 is pointless. You need a story to blow up the world? Why? Post war it will be a nuclear ball of filth. Why not just push the button now? Why not blow someone up and blame it on someone else if these are all dirty bombs with diffefrent hand prints from multiple places? Why do you need to create a story to do this when the outcome results in a story not mattering? Does not make sense.