Hard to keep politics off this thread when the “war” is being run from the White House, a make up room in the Pentagon, Air Force 1 and various golf venues. Not to speculate but perhaps also from some VLCBRs . ( Very Large Corporate Board Rooms )
Remember when Politicians gave simple directives and got the heck out of the way?
On February 12, 1944, General
Dwight D. Eisenhower received a formal directive from the Anglo-American
Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) that officially launched the
The primary mission, as stated in the directive, was as follows:"You will enter the continent of Europe and, in conjunction with the other United Nations, undertake operations aimed at the heart of Germany and the destruction of her armed forces".