03-09-2005, 03:33 AM
Sunil's post
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Hi Rudradev,
My comments about the Mahabharat were made in passing in the context of the morality of war. I did not intend to draw a wider analogy between the current global situation and the mahabharat but only point out that there are similarities in some of the dynamics - esp. with regards to the "Moral War" aspect of it. I suggested the Mahabharat as most Indians are familiar with it albeit in a theistic context.
The analogy is a limited one:
The Line of Pandu, in the conduct of their "Just War" carried out several atrocities and failed to uphold "Morality". Further more the War itself eliminated most of the line itself and those that remained could not avail of the spoils of power. The "Moral Foundation" failed to create a lasting political order with the Line of Pandu.
Similarly the West in its "Just War" against the "Evil Empire" of the Soviet Union and International Communism, carried out several atrocities and failed to uphold "Morality". Most notably they failed to sustain a "moral agreement" with the Islamists and so today a global war has broken out between the former allies. The fall of the Soviet Union should have created an atmosphere of political stablility in the World, however today - such stability does not exist - international terrorism is rampant, governments are being toppled at will and the threat of a nuclear holocaust -be it limited to the loss of one city has not receeded in the least.
Therein - the imo the analogy ends<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Hi Rudradev,
My comments about the Mahabharat were made in passing in the context of the morality of war. I did not intend to draw a wider analogy between the current global situation and the mahabharat but only point out that there are similarities in some of the dynamics - esp. with regards to the "Moral War" aspect of it. I suggested the Mahabharat as most Indians are familiar with it albeit in a theistic context.
The analogy is a limited one:
The Line of Pandu, in the conduct of their "Just War" carried out several atrocities and failed to uphold "Morality". Further more the War itself eliminated most of the line itself and those that remained could not avail of the spoils of power. The "Moral Foundation" failed to create a lasting political order with the Line of Pandu.
Similarly the West in its "Just War" against the "Evil Empire" of the Soviet Union and International Communism, carried out several atrocities and failed to uphold "Morality". Most notably they failed to sustain a "moral agreement" with the Islamists and so today a global war has broken out between the former allies. The fall of the Soviet Union should have created an atmosphere of political stablility in the World, however today - such stability does not exist - international terrorism is rampant, governments are being toppled at will and the threat of a nuclear holocaust -be it limited to the loss of one city has not receeded in the least.
Therein - the imo the analogy ends<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->