“Instead I saw them SPENDING MORE MONEY.”
Friend, if spending money is all it took to build a world class military, Saudi Arabia would have a military teeming with courage and valor.
No, it takes more than just spending money.
Where does the money go that we spend now - the half trillion a year must go somewhere?
If we prioritized combat capability, we would not be in the situation we are in now.
Combat capability is not the priority at the moment. Somehow $500B doesn’t get us much.
It’s reasonable to ask “why”.
The sad thing is that people of your mindset DOMINATE the Republican Party, and also seem convinced that money isn’t important which is why we barely have a navy and barely have an army at this point.
Sad, but hopefully some ADULTS will take charge and will again be willing to spend what is necessary to pay the troops, build the ships, and develop the weapons.
...and SORRY, that does take money - regardless of what they teach you guys these days at DeVry.