War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war.

War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war.

战争是一段插曲，一场危机，一场发烧，其目的是使身体退烧。所以战争的目的就是结束战争。

-- William Faulkner 威廉·福克纳