THE WAR TO TAKE OVER FOR THE NEXT ENDLESS WAR, TO TAKE PLACE OF THE LAST ENDLESS WAR, TO MAKE UP FOR THE OTHER LONG WAR THAT ENDED TOO SOON; TO FILL IN FOR THE OTHER DECADES-LONG WAR, THAT NOBODY WANTED TO PAY FOR, OR DIE IN, TO KEEP UP WITH THE WAR BEFORE THAT, AND THE NEXT WAR THAT HASN'T BEEN COOKED UP YET