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

Sunday, October 19, 2014

"Fortress Israel" (Part One)

Click here to access article by Richard Sale, a retired Colonel in the US Special Forces posted on his blog. 

There is a little obvious bias included in this essay, especially in benevolent references to "Ike" and John Foster Dulles, but I think it contains a lot of truth about Israeli history from someone whose knowledge is based on close connections with it. 

Based on his creditable history of early Israel and other numerous sources, I think it is understandable how this European colonial outpost has served the Empire as a loyal, hyper-aggressive watchdog to aid in the control of the Middle East and its vast energy resources. What I found particularly interesting was the background history, the takeover of Israel by hardcore military sociopaths, and the latter's frequent use of false-flag operations to expand Israeli dominance in the region. One might even speculate about the influence of such people over the aggressive policies of the Empire.
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