There are other factors, of course. One leader believes she can broaden her horizons, another seeks to shelter what is his. But at their core, they are driven by what we are all so familiar with: the need to be right.

[ Cree raises his hands in a helpless gesture. ]

You aren't incorrect. Conflict creates a need for those with no inhibitions to carry out what others cannot bring themselves to do. I do not enjoy it, however. It comes at the cost of seeing citizens of either side butchered, and things are... much easier when they work together.