03-10-2013, 10:41 AM
Jeffrey Orling Wrote:I suppose what I am suggesting is that terrorism and many of the actions we have seen over the years were genuine insurgencies... and tactics of asymmetrical warfare which is the only type of warfare the disenfranchised can wage. Of course they do attempt justice through the usual *diplomatic* channels using their supporters to advocate on their behalf... in actions such as UN resolutions to Rachel Cory to the Marmara
Peter and others seem to dismiss terrorism as being *real* and being a tactic in play. And they definitely seem to question the scale of some attacks as being the handiwork of these rag tag terrorist groups. So was the Beruit barracks bombing a false flag or a real *terrorist* attack on US assets? Khobar towers? The Nairobi Embassy? The USS Cole? How about the disco bombings? The Achille Lauro? And the numerous plane hijackings? Was Lockerbee a flase flag or could it have been a terrorist operation?
But the two strategies aren't mutually exclusive. You can also create and/or later step in and guide insurgencies. Creating one is often a simple thing achieved by forcing injustice and cruelty on to a population, religious or political sect etc., and then "guide" the insurgency to a desired end via in-place agitators. Stepping into an existing insurgency is also not an especially hard thing to do either.
A classical case of this was the so called "Irish problems" where, in the end, so many important members of the IRA were working for British intelligence, that it was clearly a British led operation. That's not to say that the great bulk of the fighting men were owned and they did believe what they were fighting for. It was just an important coterie of the movers and shakers that were controlled. In this respect, the story of "Stakeknife" (Freddie Scappaticci) is salutary reading.
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