Quote Originally Posted by Fuchs View Post
Obviously, this is a common illness of modern militaries. No military rises above "not good enough yet". They're all misguided, wasteful, ill-conceived and largely incompetent bureaucracies instead of the smart and agile warfare organisations the taxpayers deserve.
At least as pertains to democracies, there is little prospect for change barring an existential war. I suspect that is to be tolerated and perhaps even admired a bit but it sure is frustrating, mostly because the politicians who literally force their militaries to that marginal state do not realize the limitations (and hidden costs) they impose upon themselves...