REMINDER
Drain the Swamp is a military term for COIN = counter insurgency…
From wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-insurgency
Objective: According to scholars, it is crucial to know what this strategy was designed to understand it comprehensively. COIN strategy aims to achieve the support of the local population for the government created by the host nation. The main point of the modern counterinsurgency campaign is not simply killing and capture insurgents, but to improve living conditions, support government in providing services for people and eliminate any support for insurgency.[5]
Model: Counter-insurgency is normally conducted as a combination of conventional military operations and other means, such as demoralization in the form of propaganda, psy-ops, and assassinations. Counter-insurgency operations include many different facets: military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions taken to defeat insurgency.
Population Control: With regard to tactics, theterms "drain the water" or "drain the swamp" involves the forced relocation of the population ("water") to expose the rebels or insurgents ("fish"). In other words, relocation deprives the aforementioned of the support, cover, and resources of the local population.