Lessons from Bharatham

I was reading about Dhritharashtra’s repentance about Duryodhana’s deeds in my daily pages of the Mahabharatham. Dhritharashtra goes to the public and tells them how much his son has sinned and asks for their forgiveness. One person is nominated by the public to speak for them. The common man praises Duryodhana, the king as a noble person who put people before himself. He goes on and on about his good deeds and finally says that he lost his Kingdom and himself not because he was unjust to the public but he was unjust to another King. The great sage Vyasa comes here and tells them that no one is to be blamed here and it’s only the time that has caused these miseries. No one is a winner in this war. The pandavas won this war at a huge cost. The war costed them almost everything including their sons. This draws a beautiful parallel with American war on Iraq. Is Sadaam the Duryodhana of the war who did good things for his people but caused great distress for America? Is bush the Arjuna in the war?
I know, I know the very thought of W being compared to Arjuna might make everyone laugh. In Mahabharatham, Duryodhana is considered as the nature of “Kali” (Destruction, Greed, Jealous, etc) and Yudhistra as the personification of Truth himself. In modern times everyone has qualities more like Duryodhana rather than any other characters in the Bharatham.
In conclusion, I think in this world the only truth will be destruction in some form or the other (W or S it doesn’t matter. I think both are politicians and people are the losers). I am not saying because of my pessimism but with a sense of rationalism that makes me see things as they are and not judge anyone by their actions as the intent behind every action has become questionable.