Bullshit! If that was true and it should have been, President Trump would be in the White House and that lying son of a bitch , Joe Biden would be nowhere near it. When it mattered we were not up to the job. Hence, evil won without firing a shot. We turned to be like a bunch of Jay Birds. All mouth and no ass.
Some things take time. Especially if you don't want to, both metaphorically and literally, throw yourself onto the bayonets.
I suspect you must know this.