Now before everyone jumps on me with accusations of "war monger" and quotes of "give peace a chance" blaa blaa blaa ....
Peace is not natural. It is a complacent state, a state of tranquility, a state of relative order. The natural world hates order. It thrives in chaos (though Chaos Theory notes that there may be an underlying order to the chaos). Everything is always moving to a higher state of entropy (chaos). Even the act of trying to create order forces unnatural states and creates more entropy.
In the animal world, everything is about conflict and competition. It is about who or what gets the most of a limited supply of resources. Terratory, breeding rights, eating rights - everything conflict. The way to survive is to take by force what you need, everything else be damned.
Now some animals (humans, wolves, bees, ect.) have discovered that on a macro level, it is better for the group for individuals to co-operate and share resources (and in some cases, breeding rights
). But on the micro level, there is still that conflict and competition within the group.
So why do we think we can disrupt and overcome the natural way of things? Every effort that I know of to create peace (versus the end of conflict through submission) has led to violence. Prime Minister Chamberlain tried to "create peace in our time" only to set the stage for WWII (one contributing factor). The peace protests in the '70s led to Kent State. America's acting as the "World Police Force" is well intentioned to promote peace and stability (depending on whos propaganda you believe), yet we are often looked on as evil oil coveting aggressors.
Just some ponderings ....
BTW ... for the record, I'm not a war monger, though I have no problem with war. I think peace in an eviable dream, just impossible to attain.