13-12-2009, 11:01 AM
I imagine that the whole purpose for using private contractors was because it was outside the law that constrained normal military operations and therefore deniabe. That and because it spread the wealth around to loyal soldiers.
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