OK, so you have a great point. "Ain't bad" is far from perfect, and the issues you raise are about as far from perfect as it gets. But do our other elements of national power really have the hutzpah to execute in their lanes, not just contemplate and advise? Many of them do have a charter that ends at "advise," but not all.

Looks like DoD could be too busy back-filling for FEMA and DHS at home to keep picking up the slack on the execution / projection end for all the other agencies forever.