PACNW guy, the money and resources are needed elsewhere
(retro-fitting cities for future hurricanes and earthquakes, for example, and aggressive forms of diplomacy via social science and media)
and this particular strategy with guns and bombs
was directed erroneously. Our generals have no choice but to follow the commander in chief and support his policies.
So they do so. I am a veteran and very loyal to the Constitution and also, I did not coke and booze my way through college like certain presidents we know.