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, July 14, 2013

Brzezinski: US Warmongers “Infected” By Notion Of Regional Destabilization

Click here to access article by Jurriaan Maessen from ExplosiveReports.

The author sheds some light on Empire strategies in the Middle East by reporting on recent comments made by the old "cold warrior" and Empire director, Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Former Secretary of State Zbigniew Brzezinski has come out to comment on the volitile nature of America’s current hawkish position towards Syria, stating in an interview on June 24 that he suspects certain neoconservative factions to be “infected” with the notion of destabilizing Israel’s neighbors in the Middle-East. 
In contrast to neoconservative directors such as Kissinger, he opposes this strategy and thinks it will ultimately result in the destruction of the Empire's fortress in the Middle East--hence, not in the Empire's interest.

Please note that the use of the polite word "destabilizing" is a euphemism to cover war crimes associated with the Salvador Option that has worked so effectively first in Central America and Columbia, then Yugoslavia, and more recently in Iraq, Libya, and now Syria.