Wars are often driven by secular competition between political systems. Wars are civilizational Darwinism in action. Even when they have religious components, it is still survival of the fittest society, religion and all.
Civilizations are not permanent, and usually die by being overrun by war.
So?
Prepare, try not to initiate, fight with honor, and don’t lose.
My 2 cents.
Uncle M, all true my friend; but the heart of the post is that we are at war within our hearts against Almighty God our Creator who is perfect and righteous (Rom. 1:18-32, James 4:1). We are broke and out of order and need a Savior (John 3:16-17, Rom 3:23, 6:23, 10:2-4). No utopia here on planet earth in time, only wars till the last war, Armageddon (Rev. 16:13-16, 19:11-21). Eternity is our future one place or another (Heb. 9:27, Rev. 20:10-15, Rev. 21, 22:1-5).