You know good and well what it meant. I was active duty military under Rummy. I saw the end of his tenure as Gerald Ford's Secretary of Defense and the conditions he left. I also served on active duty all of Carters term except for three months. Many Republicans like to use the term Hollow Carter Military but ignore the fact it was hollow when he took over.
Yes I did.
The real culprit here is Richard Nixon. Had he not **ed up with Watergate the Democrats and Libs would never have been so empowered as to hand over S.V. to the VC, dismantle the US Armed Forces, and blow kisses to the Soviet Union. Ford led the nation while handcuffed, and his Cabinet, Rummy included, were acting on orders of Congress, not the Executive.
The other problem with Nixon was his inane price control regime -- of which said Donald Rumsfeld was the Czar. But at least Nixon recognized that it was stupid, as did Ford. Jimbo Carter actually believed in Price Controls, and damned near dismantled capitalism over 'em.
Basically, the 1970s sucked.