This is not just about pre fight indicators and the preceding mental aspect of all action but als

This is not just about pre-fight indicators, and the preceding mental aspect of all action, but also about how war continues into what we would call “peace.” Conflict exists. It is a consistent. Sin is the outworking of that conflict between God and the god of this world (natural man as his agents). War is continuous, and so even peace is just the mustering of forces before the outbreak of hostilities.

“War is the norm, peace is the aberration." - General Flynn