Again, this ‘justness’ overwhelmingly suffers from partiality. It always takes the side of victor, the vanquished forever being portrayed as ‘evil’. Remember how the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 -- during British rule -- became the First War of Independence, the moment India won freedom? Before October Revolution of 1917 Capitalism was evil in Russia, and now Communism is the evil in the same country. History is replete with stories of such ‘turn-coats’ of events.

In the case of Afghanistan, President Obama is fighting against the evil forces of Taliban – the anathema of democracy and modern human values. And Taliban’s goal is fighting for the noble cause of establishing the rule of Allah and introduction of ‘Sharia’ law for the good of mankind. From their point of view America is the monstrous hijacker of world peace – the greatest enemy of humanity.  The same argument applies to every other warring group: be it workers and employers; the rulers and the ruled; Catholics and Protestants: Shia-Sunni clashes.etc. – all are contending  for just values from their point of view. Wherever human society exists, there is bound to be some underlying conflict – a sort of simmering class struggle from Marxian parlance. When weak and suppressed, one class will remain subdued under compulsion – with accumulated grievances smouldering inside. Gathering strength, it will erupt in violent or non-violent form in due course of time. Tahrir Square and Occupy Wall Street protests are a few of the benign manifestation of the same symptom.  Violence used to suppress the peaceful protestors is justified by the authority in power in the name of maintaining law and order. Herein lies the eternal paradox: you have to wage war for promotion of peace. This was enshrined in the Gita thousands of years ago: Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati Bharata; Abhyutthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srijamyaham. Paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya cha dushkritam; Dharma-samthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge.   Whenever and wherever ‘justness’ is trampled down by the rising of evil forces I appear on the scene, for the protection of virtuous and annihilation of the wicked and for re-establishment of order in the world, from time to time.

This cyclical phenomenon of paradox will keep haunting humanity till eternity.