04-04-2016, 09:01 AM
I think there were a number of reasons for Bush taking out Saddam that when combined become compelling. Firstly there was the Wolfowitz Doctrine that set the agenda for the new century. Additionally, Saddam announced he was only going to sell Iraqi oil for the Euro and no longer for the dollar. That couldn't be allowed to stand either for Saddam nor the Euro being allowed to become a competing currency. Saddam had to be killed and the Euro ruined. In addition to this we have the Israeli plan (the name of the which escapes me now) that sought to Balkanize the middle east, thus reducing any future threats to Israel from her enemies. All these came together and were added to the new policy of perpetual war, both to keep all possible competitors in check and to benefit the US state in terms of a war economy.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14