An aircraft carrier is being chased and attacked by the Houthi, why can't the US military handle it overnight? The biggest problem of the US military is not corruption but this.

The Houthi armed forces have continuously launched missiles and drones to attack two US aircraft carriers, effectively chasing them. Although the strike effects of the Houthi are limited, it has caused significant trouble for the US military. Facing a small Houthi armed force, the US military's predicament is indeed rare. It gives people the impression that the US military has suddenly declined overnight. Recently, many corruption problems have been exposed in the US military, such as chaotic management of military apartments and soldiers not getting enough food at the grassroots level.

These exposed corruption problems are the fundamental reasons for the decline of the US military and the core reason for the continuous occurrence of various equipment accidents. However, the biggest problem currently existing in the US military is not the corruption itself but the institutionalization and rationalization of corruption. The unreasonable price of a bag of screws costing $90,000 in the US military is clearly unreasonable, but it is normative within the US military system. The exorbitant prices of toilets and parts in the US military are a great waste of military funds, but they are reasonable according to the system.

There are over 300-year-old people receiving social security benefits in the US, and US military personnel participating in various military industry businesses is even legal. These are manifestations of the institutionalized corruption in the US military, indicating that the corruption in the US military is no longer just the phenomenon of corruption itself but has obtained institutional protection and has become rationalized.

The high military budget of the US, the continuous rise in the cost of equipment procurement, but the decline in military capability and the degradation of equipment quality are all issues caused by the institutionalized corruption. In short, the vested interest groups in the US have used systems and regulations to protect their own corrupt practices, which is the most serious problem in the US military.

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