forever war

English

Noun

forever war (plural forever wars)

  1. (derogatory) A war that does not have a definite end date, often perceived as endless.
    • 2024 April 1, Aaron Pellish, “RFK Jr. argues that Biden is a bigger threat to democracy than Trump”, in CNN‎[1]:
      “I don’t think either President Trump or President Biden are going to solve the debt crisis in this country, which is existential. I don’t think either of them are going to get us out of foreign wars, this addiction that we have to forever wars,” he said.
    • 2024 November 9, Nick Paton Walsh, “Trump’s second term could bring chaos around the world. Will it work?”, in CNN‎[2]:
      President Volodymyr Zelensky has known the day would come when the idea of another “forever war” became unappealing to NATO, and the world’s largest military alliance eventually sought to wind down its involvement.
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