Yes, yes, every piece slowly falls into place. *Cue maniacal villain laughter
It’s like they actually studied history, to try and replicate the desired results as identically as possible. Or they didn’t, at all, and this is just 2+2=4 scenario but with history.
What happened to the whole “let them fight each other, we don’t need to be there” speech?
Probably the same that happened to all other “on day one” speeches, I assume.