Believe it or not, the US military used to be much more competent in the past, since they were trained to fight an actual competent military force, the Warsaw Pact. However since the end of the Cold War, they have become absolutely worthless (compared with their budget, they are still a dangerous force mind you). Since the 90s US wars werent about effectively defeating communism, but about making money for Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, etc. In that case, the more ineffective they were, the better, since it meant more spending, thus more profits. They got used to needing 800 billion dollars a year just to massacre a bunch of goat farmers in Afghanistan, so now its nowhere near enough to defeat a modern competent military force like Russia.
When I was in the service, it was pretty much an open secret that if we went to war with China or Russia we would lose badly until we overwhelm them with sheer numbers or at least break even. That was Commanders saying shit like that, meanwhile all the grunts truly believed that we were invincible.
Believe it or not, the US military used to be much more competent in the past, since they were trained to fight an actual competent military force, the Warsaw Pact. However since the end of the Cold War, they have become absolutely worthless (compared with their budget, they are still a dangerous force mind you). Since the 90s US wars werent about effectively defeating communism, but about making money for Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, etc. In that case, the more ineffective they were, the better, since it meant more spending, thus more profits. They got used to needing 800 billion dollars a year just to massacre a bunch of goat farmers in Afghanistan, so now its nowhere near enough to defeat a modern competent military force like Russia.
When I was in the service, it was pretty much an open secret that if we went to war with China or Russia we would lose badly until we overwhelm them with sheer numbers or at least break even. That was Commanders saying shit like that, meanwhile all the grunts truly believed that we were invincible.