"There is no 2nd place trophy..."
"And so far, all of our “games” have been “away games,”
Those are words of wisdom that everyone should take seriously.
Having lived through VN, I know what it is like to not be allowed to do your job. We had that war won until the politicians decided that we had lost.
My prayer is … don’t let this happen again.
VN, thousands died in vain, in a war we had won. Died in vain only because we gave up (or were given up by our political leaders.)
Don’t let this happen in the ME, we have this thing won … all we need is political support and this thing is a given.
However, I suspect that we will “surrender” by decree of our politicians again, and the thousands lost in the ME will have lost their lives in vain.