The whole movie was satire, and nothing about the dedication and capabilities of those agents should be taken seriously. The movie was a parody of Michael Bay movies, with over-the-top action and huge, meaningless explosions. It was also a sendup of politics in the US. Everyone was skewered, from left wing idiots like Michael Moore, to the members of the Film Actors Guild (F.A.G.), and people on the right,
I think it was a funny, brilliant movie, and I urge people to take another look at it.
Agree, and it was a modest financial success grossing something like 50 million.