The root cause of this problem is the economy. The oligarchy and neocons who control the US government have created an economy of war. Every year the US government spends almost $800 billion, the US Department Of Defense is the biggest employer on planet earth. In order to keep that money flowing to the owners of the corporations who are involved in the war economy they have to find/create conflicts and wars to fight in, so they can keep getting paid by the Department Of Defense to create weapons of war. Until the American people stand up and say no more money for wars and conflicts, the rich will keep getting richer or until the deficit/debt leads to hyperinflation.