Actually, without wanting to be too po-faced or humourless or puritanical about it ~~ but "war" is actually a very unfortunate word in the context IMO. Remember Boris Becker when he was once eliminated rather early from Wimbledon, and some silly reporter asked him in tones of deepest woe to comment, obviously hoping for tears and hysterics. "I lost a game of tennis," he said. "That's all. There wasn't a war. Nobody died."

Wise words...

~M~