What is this world turning into?
The world hasn't really changed so its not really turning into something else. This kind of conflict has been going on for thousands of years. The names and the way people get killed do change, but the rest remains pretty much the same.
It seems as if things are worse now than before, but thats pretty much just perception.
In the 60's it was the US and Russia pointing nukes at each other (and like they aren't still pointed), in the 18th Century it was Napoleon rampaging through Europe, in the 17th Century it was Protestants and Catholics beating the crap out of each other, burning villages, and rampaging about the countryside. And forgive me if I've missed something major or something important, but I think it all goes to serve my point that nothing has really changed.
It'd probably be a nice thing if it did and we could actually accomplish something positive as an entire species.