I think your ire stems from thinking I'm pointing the finger at the U.S.

If you re-read my comments you'll see that I don't mention it anywhere.

Blackout is unintentional. Unless it is the result of infrastructure mismanagement stemming from politicians' ineptitude. In any case, it is not an acute malicious action, and quite the strawman argument.

I don't think you're taking my statement in good faith and so I won't expand on it - since you don't seem interested in discourse by offering your thoughts instead of flatly questioning mine.