Within every group there are going to be those who opt for war and those that opt for peace.
When 911 occurred, the state of mind in America was such that its leaders, particularly those advising George Bush opted for a war on terror which provoked unrealistic expectations that war could be a solution to more than one problem, but in reality was more like smashing a wasp's nest that now has all all the quiet wasps determined to seek out and permanently destroy those that disturbed its peace, and ordinary people like you and me.
We have the makings of a permanent crisis not only for Europe and America, but for the world as a whole. Very peace loving communities, such as Libya, that were like sleeping lions have been transformed into highly active war machines that invite the West to attack them so that a new generation of warriors can rise up. This is not like the wars of cowboys and indians. By engaging in wars that escalate conflicts, the very peace within America and Europe is threatened. Harm my parents and their ancestors and I will harm you. The world is a multicultural, multiracial, multi-religious mix. This fact is inescapable. We are trapped by history.
Civil strife is traceable to sentiments about ancestral lands and origins. Wars arise from memories such as the relocations of the Tartars. Communities that engage in conflict stimulation will not be the winners in a complex world in which communications travel like lightning and your potential warrior lives next door. Rather than have an American style civil war of father fighting sons and sons fighting each other, we need to end all wars by recognizing the Hobbesian law that only a social contract to end all wars will succeed. We can kill each other, but that solves nothing. Genocides are rarely complete and memories are permanently embedded into the landscape, particularly now.
War is a terrible wasting and endless endless murderous process that saps the life vitality from all those engaged in it. Its consequences most often are a list of new wars many if which are fought silently by generations that know nothing of true peace. Why die prematurely without experiencing joy.
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/obama-the-conflict-resolution-president/