[American in Israel]

but isn't it common knowledge that throughout the history of mankind more wars have been staged under the auspices of religion than not?

That is what the religion of Atheism says...

[Cold Heat]

Just for conversational purposes, was not WWI and WWII started in the Balkans. Were not both participants in a long tern religious squabble?

Does this not have some similarities to the Mid East conflict?