Problem is that there was too much propaganda in that war, that parsing propaganda is too difficult even for military watchers, let alone general public. Only when american weapons are being destroyed that, US MIC is willing to acknowledge that may be million+ usd missiles are not solution to cheap drones.
Problem is also that your “Secretary of War” has fired two dozen of your most experienced military leaders since coming into office.
When the history of the American demise as a global superpower gets written, this war and the government behind it, will merit a beefy chapter.
https://www.bostonpoliticalreview.org/post/pete-hegseth-fire...
This is a completely unrelated problem, the US MIC is heavily incentivized to invent new problems.