What happened is that you, the Angloamerican public, have been taken for another ride just like the ride that was the Iraq War. Lies, propaganda, corporate profit, sociopathic gaslighthing - all the package. Raytheon made gigantic profits in the meantime - even without the depleted weapons stocks of the US and European countries getting replaced. And when they get replaced, it will be Raytheon and other US companies who will be doing the replacing.