Sometimes, we have to meet another person half-way. Sometimes, you have to be willing to do without, and trust God s providence. Sometimes, we have to turn the other cheek. The same is true in international conflicts, except in a much larger scale. I m not sure if any progress was made, but the issue centers around who will have what land.
War is the rule of humanity, with peace the exception to that rule.
Because of our lusts. Wars and factions and fightings have no other source than the body and its lusts. Global wars, gang warfare and family quarrels all have their root in lusts, and James is telling the Christian community that war is the solution from earthly wisdom, which Christians ought to eschew if possible. The Christian will not pursue war merely to enlarge territories, to revenge affronts, to weaken a growing power, no to feed a desire of gain, not to give vent to pride by overwhelming force, nor to roil the waters that we may fish better, nor to accomplish innovations only for our own covetousness and ambition. We make war not for personal honor or pay, but only in obedience to the higher powers or for the common good.