I can't argue with that, Bruce. Straight from the horse's mouth, as they say.
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It all comes back to the male preoccupation with size, how big your kingdom is, and whatnot.
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The Freudian-inadequacy theory of war. That could work. All of those long-barrelled guns, sleek missiles, huge battleships and engines of power and destruction. Then in earlier wars, the big axes, hammers, swords and spears; not to mention the act of sliding such a weapon into the body of one's enemy and seeing the look in his eyes... "'War is an act of homo-eroticism': discuss".
Incidentally, the Norse god of war was also their god of poetry, which brings in another fascinating parallel: Calliope as the consort of Ares.
[EDIT, 20 Feb 06: Actually this isn't even slightly unusual, since epic poetry is usually heavily concerned with war.]
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You would rather die than give it to me...
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"...Your proposal is acceptable"