Right now Russia and China and other bad actors are watching American weapons systems dismantle other nations’ militaries at will. They have nothing that can stand up to the US’s combined arms strategies. From Iran to Wagner getting its @$$ handed to it, US arms reign supreme.
That means we should show off our bunker busters. Invite the generals to watch.
You are correct, which makes it all the more imperative that we put our fiscal house back on track as a nation and stop hurtling towards functional bankruptcy. Do you think the average American even realizes how close were are now by kicking the can down the road for so long?