If everyone knows who we are at war with why can't our leaders say so? Why doesn't our government declare war and marshal the vast power of the United States and its people to win?
Sometimes the unknown can be turned to good.
In Athens Paul of Tarsus the Apostle to the Gentiles encountered the altar to an unknown god. In a city of 10,000 with approximately 30,000 alters, temples, and statues to gods this only made sense. As people obsessed with making sure they didn't insult their temperamental and vengeful gods they had to cover all their bases just in case they'd left one out.
