Quote Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy View Post
Zero fact's for this people in Ireland before partition where better off than people say 50 years before therefore by your reckoning it should have lessened violence instead we kicked the empire out.
The Irish were still demonstratably worse off than the English, though. Not to mention the English garrisons and the various casual depravities that soldiers might inflict upon young women. The song "Gentleman soldier" comes to mind.

Show me an example of a war where both countries involved fought over resources and said we don't hate each other we just want the gold it has never happened. The resources are often the reason for the war but the war is sustained by ideological means.
What material do we have that Bin Laden wants? Why is he waging war against the West?