 In the audio commentary for this episode, David Simon confirmed that the season had been a symbolization of that war.Slim Charles uses this phrase to convince Avon Barksdale of the need to see their war with Marlo Stanfield through to the finish now that it is underway, even though the pretense for retaliation (the death of Stringer Bell at the hands of the Stanfield organization) is false.It is also a reference to the war in Iraq, fought on the lie of Saddam Hussein having weapons of mass destruction.