First the writer derides the status of the military, and then he calls for widening the war.
The irony of his Phony War title is that what followed the original Phony War was the complete capitulation of Belgium and France, and a humiliating retreat at Dunkirk. Only the arrogance of hindsight by the victors who lived (or have agendas) suggests that diplomacy would have been a better course for history.
Third, the CIA/DOD/FBI/NSA/SEC/INS/FAA/DEA/ATF/IRS...failed to prevent Sept. 11 and yet there was not one high level resignation. Worse, the folks we hired to prevent 9/11, blamed it all on $4.50 an hour baggage checkers. How on Earth would anyone conclude that more B1 bombers is the answer?