1) So we are understanding eachother, are you a reformer? People who don’t believe in radar and AtA missiles on fighters and almost everything is volume with throwing out quality with quasi human wave tactics. All a proven failure. 2) Your experience was 40 years ago. You think things might have gotten better by then? There is no “over reliance on tech”. It is all just using modern tech. They are still trained to aim. The problem theses scopes are dealing with is tech itself, drones, so I am not sure if “shoot better” is an option. 3) On money, the enemy has 1000 soldiers. For the same cost, I have 500. 50 soldiers have problems with the kit, but the other 450 clobber the 1000 with much better accuracy partly from scopes. Oversimplification, but you get the idea. It is about chances of likelihood. Sometimes the military get it wrong but trying to blame everything on corruption and incompetence is unfair.
If by ‘Reformer’ you mean a person wishing to improve the overall system: yes. The entrenched scamming at taxpayers’ expense is obvious by how many high-ranking officers go on to be consultants and lobbyists for arms and munitions manufacturers - just like former politicians float to Big Pharma and other special interests.
By all means we should utilize the best technologies available but that must be dictated on the real needs of the armed forces and not the bottom lines of those who “get their cut”.