Will "top" generals please stop warning of world war

Generals, admirals, they are all coming out of the woodwork and predicting that we in the West will be at war with Russia or China or whoever within the next five years. Do they really think they are doing us all a service by warning of global catastrophe in such a short timeframe? Aren't there are enough things to worry about on this planet without scaring the pants of us by predicting a full-scale war with Russia etc. The average person these days - billionaires excluded - have enough trouble coping with daily pressures and stresses and money problems without being forced to hear what these generals and admirals are saying. I know it's their job to make sure governments make the right decisions to keep defences up and military spending up and up to cope with future conflicts, but predicting the next world war and when it's going to happen is about as useful as when Nostradamus predicted the end of the world.