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APOCALYPSE- IRANIAN STYLE

December 25, 2004

Not that many people can give you a definition of the word, apocalypse; however, most can tell you that it doesn’t sound good. Even Websters Dictionary has a wide-ranging definition from a prophetic revelation to imminent cosmic cataclysm. But then what does cataclysm mean?

Well, let’s get down to the point in today’s brief commentary. There are lots of terrible and horrible events that happen in life. Most recently we can speak of the 2,900 that lost their lives in the Twin Towers attack. You can point to the innocent civilian lives from the Iraq war that we write off as collateral damage.

Closer to home we read in the newspaper and watch on television how another one, three, or five GI’s have been killed in Iraq. We even get to read in our local newspapers about a hometown man or woman that comes home in a body bag and we wince.

In Iran, there’s a totally different matter of even greater proportions. But back to the comment that one death is a tragedy, but 10,000 deaths is just a statistic. If you’ve heard the news recently you know that somewhere between 20,000 and 40,000 people were killed in the latest earthquake in Iran. I doubt we’ll know the exact total for weeks.

What we do know is that for the last quarter century, Iran has been a killing field of unimaginable proportions. Twenty five years ago (Sept. 16, 1978), 25,000 people were killed in Northeast Iran. More than 50,000 were killed on June 21, 1990, another 1,500 on May 10, 1997, and 10-20,000 now?

We’re looking at four earthquakes taking the lives of more than 100,000 people in 25 years. It may not be an apocalypse, but if it’s not, what word would you use to describe it?

Written by Ernie · Filed Under Daily Commentary 

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