More Than Zero

When you get down to basics, this and virtually all conflict are proxy issues in the eternal WAR between the productive (those who produce more than they consume) and the greedy (those who consume more than they produce). This is the root cause of the rise (honesty in control) and fall (predators in control) of civilizations, for all of history, including NOW. Easily proven:

http://www.strike-the-root.com/51/ross/ross1.html

Civilization was once protected by the "rule of law", now rationalized away by predators on the bench:

http://www.strike-the-root.com/51/ross/ross3.html