Having the most expensive military in the world doesn't mean it's the best military in the world. Especially when those in charge are more concerned with spectacle and looking tough over actual strategy.
Things like this are not only embarrassing for the US but actually detrimental to the entire country. We are literally showing the entire world right now that our leadership and military are so incompetent that the US isn't worth the effort. If we didn't have nukes the world would have abandoned us by now.