Rev. Jer. got it right, war includes defending yourself. War is an armed conflict between two factions, which means most of the time one is the aggressor and one is the defender. I oppose the former but support the latter.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell