War-mongering by financiers for financial gain is nothing new.  Benjamin Ginsberg in FATAL EMBRACE; JEWS AND THE STATE identifies the London financiers motivating King John to invade Normandy led to the Baron's revolt and Magna Carta. The financiers were dis-possessed, punished, and exiled. Ref.  http://www.scribd.com/doc/115919607/FUNDING-THE-NEW-WORLD-ORDER