WTF? Sniping distasteful? After every big war up to VN we had to rebuild the capability because of that idiotic viewpoint.
I'd heard the comment that our biggest problem(s) with the military were due to the numbers of poor politicians who were promoted to GEN and failed officers who turned to politics.
After a few years around Aerospace I could add some opinions on gummint "experts" to that meme, but that would only get me banned for life.