The album was titled War for several reasons ; in 1982 , Bono said that the album was called War because `` War seemed to be the motif for 1982 , '' adding that `` Everywhere you looked , from the Falklands to the Middle East and South Africa , there was war .
Bono said that `` everywhere you looked , from the Falklands to the Middle East and South Africa , there was war . ''