Unfortunately the article only contains speculation, it's not like officials are going to respond to the question "why are you doing this thing we know is ineffective". Anyway, the best guess seems to be that it "conjures up the image of a heroic battle against an invisible enemy"
Favorites May 15th 2022
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Unfortunately the article only contains speculation, it's not like officials are going to respond to the question "why are you doing this thing we know is ineffective". Anyway, the best guess seems to be that it "conjures up the image of a heroic battle against an invisible enemy"