War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that the enemy too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.
(Karl Kraus (1874 – 1936), Austrian journalist. Die Fackel no. 445/53, 18 January 1917).

Epicurus also believed that winning a war was an illusion, put about by war profiteers.
Will someone please tell that to the Arabs and Israelis?