I’ve maintained since the last Israel/Lebanon/Gaza dust-up (and seen demonstrated in Iraq, and Afghanistan) that the ‘Civilized’ Western Nations want to conduct warfare by T-Ball rules - “no winner, no loser, and nobody gets hurt”....
Unfortunately, our adversaries have never even *heard* of T-Ball....
Soccer was invented by the British to pacify the natives. They didn’t want the third world playing violent team sports because it would teach them useful battlefield skills. Soccer teaches how to throw down arms and run for their life.