world at war

there doesn't seem like there will ever be peace, a period of time where the world was not at war. and maybe thats the way its supposed to be. think of it. almost from the start man has been killing, pillaging and just plain making war against their fellow man. i'm not sure when we started recording everything, written and oral, but the stories all seem about....war and conquest! maybe war is just a way to keep the world from overpopulation [like the automobile].sure mother nature takes its toll, earhquakes, floods, famine and disease do their part. but war, brutal, efficient and totally discriminating has killed.....i don't know. how can we tabulate the deaths. how many people have died since the beginning? how many were killed? are we violent by nature? necessity? is it a survival strategy? if we ever gave peace a chance, what would be the result? i want to know.......jc