milchemet reshut

English edit

(Judaism) A war commanded by a ruler rather than God.
(Judaism) A war not fought out of necessity.
- 1995, Jeffrey S. Gurock, Marc Lee Raphael, An Inventory of Promises: Essays on American Jewish History : in Honor of Moses Rischin, Carlson Pub, →ISBN:
  The war in Southeast Asia, far from being a milchemet chovah in the defense of South Vietnam, is a milchemet reshut against the entire civilian population of all Vietnam.