"we are a military at war, not a nation at war."

I agree completely. Our greatest weakness has been the refusal of the nation's leaders to ask the citizenry to match, or even partly match, the sacrifices made by the military. Why they won't has mystified me. I think we would come through.

They seem not to trust the American people to do the right thing. I read once Hitler refused to fully mobilize the German economy until late in the war because he didn't think the people would accept the sacrifice mobilization entailed; and then it was too late. We seem to be on the same road.

No matter how this all turns out, thank you for trying.