We are vigorously punching ourselves in the face to teach our perceived enemies a lesson.

I have no idea why this is being downvoted when the entire agenda of the current administration is to "starve the beast" by cutting all essential government departments and prove that public administration doesn't work so that everything can be privatized. And meanwhile the head of the current administration basically does what Russia (and Romania in the 90s did), he makes money by selling off those bits and pieces to the highest (personal) bidder.