Originally Posted by Ezekiel
Originally Posted by logtroll
...it's not a stretch to assume that economic motivations are ubiquitous in all interactions.
That being the case, how would one define (from an unbiased historical perspective, IF such a thing is possible) what the MAIN motivation of a war or intervention was?
I dunno - how would you (seeing as it's your point, and all)?

Why do you think it matters?

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