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, September 15, 2014

ISIS: The monster that grew in plain sight of Washington and Riyadh

Click here to access article by Sabah Ayoub from Al Akhbar.

Ayoub provides many reports that surfaced in various media to support his argument that this "monster...grew in plain sight of Washington and Riyadh".

Although "Bandar Bush" has a long history of mischief in the Middle East on behalf of the Empire, he conveniently dropped out of media sight when he was removed officially from head of Saudi intelligence earlier this year. It seems from this report that the shifty Bandar was off on another assignment for the Empire.