We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Monday, July 19, 2010

Iran blames US for mosque attack

by Jim Lobe from Asia Times Online. 

It may take a decade or more to reveal the truth about this incident. Right now there are a number of plausible suspicions. The author reports on some of them. 
Three years ago, ABC News, quoting US and Pakistani intelligence sources, reported that Jundallah, which was created in 2002 and carried out its first attacks three years later, had been "secretly encouraged and advised by" US officials since 2005. 
The same tactic was applied to Iraq. See this, this, and this.
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