29-09-2008, 04:49 PM
Thanks Jim. That makes perfect sense to me.
I suppose what we're looking at is a balancing trick by the western players here. On the one hand Russia bends her knee to lower oil prices, but this benefits China. China does likewise over lower prices, but this benefits Russia. It would be a cleft stick scenario except, I guess, that it is not usually time critical as the chokehold on China can be temporarily released in order to get two firm hands to squeeze the throat of Russia, and then switch back to choking China once Russia steps back in line?
David
I suppose what we're looking at is a balancing trick by the western players here. On the one hand Russia bends her knee to lower oil prices, but this benefits China. China does likewise over lower prices, but this benefits Russia. It would be a cleft stick scenario except, I guess, that it is not usually time critical as the chokehold on China can be temporarily released in order to get two firm hands to squeeze the throat of Russia, and then switch back to choking China once Russia steps back in line?
David
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