THE FOLLY OF EMPIRES: In the Wake of Afghanistan`s Ruination
(Payvand Iran News)

The Bible tells us that Cyrus the Great of Persia went to Babylon to rescue the Jewish people from captivity some 2,500 years ago; doubtless a very noble cause. No; he didn`t! Cyrus was not motivated or `;anointed`; by Yahweh for that noble mission; he was a warrior, a conqueror, out to expand the domain of the empire he was ruling over. He was in his seventies when he was slain in another battle of expansion, this time against the Massagetae tribes, in the marshlands of eastern Caspian Sea area, a thousand kilometers away from Persia`s capital. -Kambiz Zarrabi