To the victor go the spoils!
That is usually how it goes, but winning a war these days can leave you with a potential lawsuit on your hands, what with all them enemies you shot in an effort to stop them from invading your country or patch of far away land that you nicked off of them ages ago, back before legal aid was invented.
It's probably sensible to not spend as much money on an elite fighting force, that way, you will lessen the chances of victory whilst not hurting so many battlefield opponents, simple.
But what would your soldiers say about this?