Quote Originally Posted by udsuna
Also, to hell with your "conservation" theory. If people really wanted to, really tried, we could support the entire human population in within the borders of Texas. Feed, clothe, and house, all 6-billion plus, without ever having a human body leave that state.
Indeed. Many people think that supporting the world population is such an immense task. Untrue.

War drains immense amounts of resources and is most of the time undertaken due to long term goals amounting to increased power/money. I thus disagree that it's beneficial in any way to any side involved, unless it's absolutely necessary.