The Good and the Evil

There was a "weaker" country (Germany) of 1916 indulging in irresponsible activities and the World War -1 happened!
There was a "resurgent" Germany 0f 1935 indulging in bullying activities exploiting its weaker neighbours and World War-2 happened!

The two world wars were obviously disastrous for the world economy and population. However once the world was forced into these world wars, things were relatively straighforward as compared to the current situation. One, for the rational society, it was easier to take a stand who was right (the "Good") and who was wrong (the "Evil"). Our mythology has always taught us that the war is between the good and the evil. Two, In the earlier situation, nations were indulged in displaying their military might. The approach of the war was clear - it was a fight on the battleground. Three, there was a sizeable chunk of world population whose lives were not directly affected with these world wars. WW-2 primarily was focussed in Europe, Japan and US while WW-1 was concentrated in Europe primarily. Four, There were more than 1 equal powers in the world (notably Britain, France and lately US). So this equation always kept the world in balance and ensured that the diverse needs of the society are well represented in the global policy making.

And that makes me skeptical for the current trend of terrorism in the world which is much more alarming and complex. For one, We are now facing an issue for which there is no right or wrong stand. If there is a set of people who feel terrorism is bad, there is another set of passionate people who believe it is unavoidable. Unfortunately we are now in a situation which is governed more by belief than by fact. Secondly, those who feel terrorism as unavoidable seem to have resigned to the fact that they can not take on the enemy in a military battle. They indulge in heinous crime of taking lives of so many inncoent civilians who may not be even aware of the motto behind their activities. And as we have witnessed in the past 5 years, the life of each and everyone of us is under threat now. Terrorist can resort to committing crime at any place, any time and in any form.
However, one factor, which in my opinion is the root cause of terrorism, is the balance of powers of the world. In the post cold-war era, USA has become the supreme power of the world. Some of its policies have certainly raised anguish in the certain regions of the world. As there is no comparable power today to counter those policies, there is a classic case of helplessness resorting to the unfair means. Those who are frustrated with its policies, express their anguish in the form of terrorism. To be fair to USA, it can not please the whole world. Whatever be it, the war is certainly ON - You have to judge who is "good" and who is "evil" here.