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Ultimately they have everything to do with capitalism. That is unless you don't believe the Military Industrial Complex and the oil industry (et. al.) impose a powerful influence on the actions of our largely corrupted government.
They have very little influence on our government. They sure as hell don't determine whether we go to war. The fact is a large majority of the electorate wanted war with Iraq. That's why even the Dims voted for war. They stuck their finger in the wind and determined that voting for war was the safest thing politically for them to do.