Every War is a result of Religious Motivation

I don't have much to say in these rounds, because all of my opponent's responses have the exact same problem: they point to correlation but nothing similar to causation.The Soviet Union, for example, is claimed to have been motivated by religion. Each source is irrelevant as none of them link to the topic: that religion motivated Soviet Russia's attack on Georgia. Yes, it's true that Soviet Russia was anti-religious. And yes, Soviet Russia invaded Georgia. No, that does not mean they were linked. The United states also got warmer over the last twenty years: that isn't the motivation for the invasion of Iraq. Unless my opponent shows a direct link between religion and the three wars, and not simply that religion is somehow linked to wars, the resolution is not justified. Take the Boshin war. The link follows:1 - Tokugawa's shogunate led a feudal Japan (Edo Period)2 - The feudal japan heirarchy was challenged in the merchant class3 - The Edo Period was thus filled with discontented nobles4 - The discontented nobles wanted the return of the Emporer.5 - When the Emporer returned to power, the Europeans signed one-sided treaties to give them more power6 - This led the Emporer to massive political and economic reform, known as Westernisation7 - After a couple decades of Westernisation, the principles of Confucianism and Shinto rose up to popularity.8 - This motivated a plurality of religions(source: http://www.japan-guide.com...)Getting to (7) from "The merchant class challenged the feudal system" is an extremely complex route of assertions and ignoring other factors to make plurality of religions the major cause. Not to mention the religions of Shinto and Confucianism were in fact sanctioned and promoted by Tokugawa in 1720 anyway. However, my opponent sources japan-guide, so it is fair to read what it says are the causes:"Even though the Tokugawa government remained quite stable over several centuries, its position was steadily declining for several reasons: A steady worsening of the financial situation of the government led to higher taxes and riots among the farm population. In addition, Japan regularly experienced natural disasters and years of famine that caused riots and further financial problems for the central government and the daimyo. The social hierarchy began to break down as the merchant class grew increasingly powerful while some samurai became financially dependent of them. In the second half of the era, corruption, incompetence and a decline of morals within the government caused further problems."And "All factors combined, the anti-government feelings were growing and caused other movements such as the demand for the restoration of imperial power and anti western feelings, especially among ultra-conservative samurai in increasingly independently acting domains such as Choshu and Satsuma. Many people, however, soon recognized the big advantages of the Western nations in science and military, and favoured a complete opening to the world. Finally, also the conservatives recognized this fact after being confronted with Western warships in several incidents." Nothing to do with religion. Finally, the Pelepponesian war is simply resultant from a case of putting the cart before the horse: The gods were changed to appease the politics, not the politics was changed to appease the gods. In other words, the politics is what was dominant, and the gods changed to suit the needs of the people. "In Ancient Greece, belief in 'the gods' was used as a tool to foster political loyalty. Rulers were given authority by claiming 'endorsements' from the gods, in legends or in terms of sign..." Rulers used gods to control the populace, and to justify their actions. The gods were the slaves and the kings were the masters. As such, the gods were not motivating any of their actions: it was simply a way to justify them. Not only were gods not at all part of the causal process, but there's no possible reason to suppose that they were: we have good reason to believe they were not at all.With that, I'll pass over to my opponent for the next round.1 - http://www.japan-guide.com...;2 - http://tinyurl.com...