Two earth-shaking events have dominated the headlines lately. First, the riots and rebellions in the Arab world, starting with Tunisia, spreading to Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and now, unrest growing in Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia -- man-made disasters. Second, the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Japan -- catastrophes of nature. Both have claimed a tremendous death toll. In Japan alone, more than 11,000 deaths have been confirmed so far; the new estimated total has been placed at 30,000 or more. There is no accurate count of Arab protesters and loyalists killed, but hundreds of thousands of casualties are at risk for massive slaughter on both sides.
Ironically and metaphorically, both calamities may have emanated from cumulative volcanic eruptions culminating in violent eruptions. The suppressed anger of the oppressed people in the Arab countries finally exploded with rage and rebellion spurred on to revolt by the innate demand for individual freedom and liberty, as in the case of the Hebrew slaves under Pharaoh Ramses II 3,041 years ago. In Japan, some theorize that the initial cause of the tectonic plate shift that resulted in the severe earthquake that, in turn, churned the ocean into a powerful tsunami that shook the nuclear reactors that spewed streams of radiation steam that polluted the water and food supplies was the underground lava of a rumbling volcano. The burning question is were these isolated incidents or links in a chain that caused one cataclysm after another?
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