I apologize for the late response. I've been busy and, more importantly, I've been thinking about this topic. And here's what I came up with...
My original question was "Why is Swift's syntax so complex?"
And I thank you all for your responses (although I'm still thinking that if a programming language is trying to say many different things, the syntax should still be easy to understand/write.)
Nonetheless, in hindsight, my original question is somewhat irrelevant. After all, who knows why people really do something. Perhaps it's because they don't want to upset their boss. Or maybe it's because they have financial pressures. Or perhaps even a fear of something. The list goes on and on.
Really my question should have been...
Should Apple create a simple programming language?
And for that, I created a new thread...