> A patient observer of the war in Ukraine could have updated some war doctrines.

A patient observer? Any random idiot of the street that cares to watch the news occasionally could've figured that out.

> If you are an American tax payer, I would understand it if you were banging your head on the table right now

Oh I am, and my representatives hear from me very, very often. Unfortunately, it falls on deaf ears. Seemingly no one around me cares, and our leaders certainly don't. I feel like I'm going insane and living in some kind of weird bizzaro world.