Identity

Too busy to write a real post but this is what I was thinking of the other day. I'm writing a paper on Identity, Nationhood and Military in Israel. It has been a very interesting paper that I've actually enjoyed writing. Actually I'm writing it right now, it's due at 8 am. I wish I'd had more time, so it is inspiring me to devote a 2 part blog on it. Two part meaning, I'm starting it now but I'll finish it post-essay. My first question is this: If we didn't have nations, or common affiliation would war be obsolete? If we were completely isolatied and individualistic wouldn't that be the end of war as we know it (haha.. a bit of BNL for any of you fans). There would be nothing to fight over, no commonalities, no group-think, no connections outside the nuclear family. So why then if we are become more individualist, liberal as a world are we at the cusp of one of the most violent eras of mankind? Is it because, fundamentally we are afraid?. Afraid of change, afraid of others, afraid of ourselves?