The US via its military schools i.e West Point etc trains very capable and smart people.

those people could work in private industry & make tons of money but they choose to work for the thankless work of defense

now comes some very incompetent war dodgers - they don't listen to anyone - or even read Sun Tzu's Art of War and go firing first into enemy territory where the enemy has a very real asymmetrical advantage

now the people who had nothing to do with this war are suffering through high fuel costs, higher food prices