They put an alcoholic fox news host in charge of the military and he fired or otherwise forced out a ton of experienced leaders in the name of "the warrior ethos" and "high testosterone soldiers".

In a completely unrelated development the "worlds best logistics organization" is now having trouble with logistics.

The fleet's HQ got wiped.

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-us-naval-base-bah...

The US has bases around the world because its auxiliary fleet is rather limited. Its always an advantage to have supplies nearby because shipping or flying anything thousands or half way around the world is just too hard.

Lose those advantages and even the US military is troubled and the results are what we see today. It cant invade Iran and it cant even bomb or launch an invasion of Houthi territory.

Did i mention the Ospreys which were built because of the Tehran Embassy hostages from the 1980s are grounded today or limited to very short trips because of constant mechanical failures ?

Smokes and mirrors, its not a smart thing to show your enemy your weaknesses.