Before going to war there must be a cause and that is the first section of the theory; this portion known as just cause is defined by innocent life in immediate danger and intervention used to protect the innocent. This war fails immediately in this regard as there is no mentioned endangerment to civilian life. In fact, wars of this era often conscripted civilians into the army and allocate much of their food …show more content…
As stated this is a conflict between ruling households so it should have gone no farther in numbers at least than the five Pandava brothers and the unnumbered Kaurava family members. Instead this war expanded to contain millions of people on each side nearly all of which were sent to their graves. Beyond this the conflict grew to include the Indian gods such as Krishna who plays a pivotal role in the Pandava alliance. On this point once again we see that the war was not just as it far outgrew the proportions of two families to consume nearly an entire kingdom. This point brings to a close the Jus Ad Bellum section of this analysis and brings about the Jus in Bello