04-10-2013, 08:15 AM
Jeffrey Orling Wrote:DOD is not really about defending the US but advancing control and influence of US corporations around the world... but it can't simply attack and take over a nation and grab what they want... They can't even do that when they try... witness Vietnam, and Iraq... and Afghanistan.
War is an end in itself. The war machines profits enormously. Winning is not always the point.
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