25-07-2016, 08:13 AM
Drew Phipps Wrote:Quote: They knew five to six hours beforehand that a coup was in the works and let it go ahead, knowing, as they must have, that it would fail…
That's the tip off, for me. How would they know it was going to fail, unless it was designed to? What kind of loyal government servant would sit idly by?
Really? I don't find failure of a coup attempt in the slightest bit unusual. History is littered with failed coups. If you have advance warning of it, whether it be an hour or six hours, you are handed the opportunity to organize a counter-coup.
"Loyal government employee"... in Turkey? The problem here is that Turkey has a military coup about every 10 years or so: 1960, 1971, 1980, 1997, 2007-9 (HERE), and my guess would be that a great many government employees have learned not to be in the least bit loyal for fear of losing their head.
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