When they estimate only 800 anointed left, that is another lie. It is intended to make the end look like we are on top of it. And of course there are still 9,000 partaking. That number is actually more than it has been before.
As for the war--that is no more a sign that the end is here than the Iraq war was. Or Sept 11, 2001. Or the Vietnam war. Or the Civil War. Or the Revolutionary War. Or the First Dark Ages.