31-07-2016, 05:03 PM
Drew Phipps Wrote:Quote: That changed when the US decided to arm, fund and train Erdogan's deadly enemies, the Kurds, in Syria.
The US has periodically trained, armed and funded the Kurds since 1972. However, it seems that the Kurdish drive for independence from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq stops the US from supporting them wholeheartedly.
They're supporting them wholeheartedly in Syria, Drew, which is what has caused the problem, I think. I believe I linked this earlier in this thread, but it's HERE again anyway. Creating a de facto nation state for them in Northern Syria is, I imagine what may be driving Erdogan mad with anger. His great enemy right on his border and (presumably?) protected by the US. It can't be rocket science for the US planners to see the anger this would cause.
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