I believe TFM said incidents like the current war in Israel were going to happen. The US lost it's place as the world's police in showing weakness, and behold how conflicts appear all around the world. The cat isn't just away so the mice can play; the cat is in bed dying of cancer, and the mice are having a rave.
@DoubleD When you talked about rats I remembered episode from S3E7 Mason's Rats"Love, Death & Robots"
Welcome to the Ratpocalypse
https://youtu.be/iC4i3k5Y3I4?si=cHxpi2LiYZm65YWa