Trumpled (Alternative Leading)

[DJC]

I think that is a little unfair, most of those disputes have a social genesis older the the USA!

Western societies being relatively new think of family as a house full of people, in Iran or Iraq "A Family or Clan" can in effect be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of individuals. More than a Sicilian family, I suppose when you have a history of polygamy / polygyny it is a lot easier to have huge lists of relatives even without political alliances!

Apart from the ancient disputes between Islamic sects, the European carve up of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of Israel are root causes of much of the conflict.