Ego's.

The human race.

Men for Religon Politics Power Greed

stinky religion. and poor fitting underwear, and in any order that makes sense. war is fought over, when distilled down, two things religion and pride. and both are deadly.

Money. Religion and nationalism are just excuses to get the lower classes to go fight the war; the real reason all modern wars are fought is money. Example: the wars in the Middle East to control the oil supply are about money for oil barons like the King of Saud, George Bush, and Dick Cheney. Example: the Christian Crusades were fought in order to give European merchants access to the wealth and trade routes of the Middle East. Example: the American War of Independence was fought against the British to allow American colonists to keep more of the wealth of their settlements in their own hands, instead of sending it back to Britain. Example: World War II was started by Germany to try to replace the wealth it had lost because of World War I. Example: The Muslim terrorists fighting the Philippine goverment aren't really fighting a religious war; they are protecting their financial rackets such as kidnapping for ransom and smuggling. Example: the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland wasn't about religion; it was about the natives (who happened to be Catholic) being forced out of their jobs in the shipyards, and those jobs being turned over to British immigrants (who happened to be Protestants) by official policy of the British conquerors. And so on. All wars are commercial wars, they're just dressed up in national or religious rhetoric to get the people who will NEVER make money out of them to agree to go fight them. Osama bin Laden might seem like an exception to my rule, because he has such a vast personal oil fortune that he doesn't need more. However, contrary to what the U.S. government is claiming, or even what he claims himself, is not waging a traditional war on the U.S. He's just a terrorist nutball, like Tim McVeigh (except with LOTS more money than McVeigh ever had). To the extent that his intent is to drive the U.S. out of Saudi Arabia, then we're back to money -- to keeping Saudi oil revenues exclusively in Arab control.

The imperial need for dominance, control of resources, submission, and greed.

Greed

JEALOUSY e.g.- you have something i want and i have something you want. we cant settle it equally tho.

One side wants what the other side has - land, people, and/or natural resources, like oil, and they (the aggressors) will use whatever excuse is most convenient and believable - religion, for example - to get what they want.

greed