25-03-2009, 09:41 PM
If one wishes to see a salutary YV documentary series about Afghanistan, then I argue that "Ross Kemp - Return to Afghanistan" is that documentary. The series show the forays of British units from their fortified camps into the field to engage the Taleban. What comes across quite strongly is the almost utter uselessness of these missions. The British troops are watched every step of their mission as the exit their base and ambushes are prepared for them. The troops in turn listen to the mobile phone sigint and are aware that an ambush is being prepared for them. Then there is shooting on both sides. Sometimes there are casualties on both sides. Once over the British troops return to base and take a shower and the Taleban return to their homes and have a meal.
It's utterly bloody reckless and cloaks an abundance of covert greed. Good men of good intentions are being killed and maimed in the name of this bloody atrocious war - the only point of which is to protect the planned oil and gas pipeline and to reap the ever growing opium harvest.
It's utterly bloody reckless and cloaks an abundance of covert greed. Good men of good intentions are being killed and maimed in the name of this bloody atrocious war - the only point of which is to protect the planned oil and gas pipeline and to reap the ever growing opium harvest.
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