31-03-2014, 02:41 PM
Peter Presland Wrote:Read between the lines of this article. Putin doesn't have the air of a man whistling past the graveyard IMO; rather that of a man who has been presented with just the gift he was looking for by his Western would-be tormentors.
Russians are regarded as the best chess playing nation, and Putin to my mind, has looked several moves ahead.
I wonder if there will be a new Sino Soviet security treaty in the offing soon? To me it would make perfect sense.
For sure it's a VERY dangerous game being played out though because, as you imply, Dollar hegemony is the US unstated but absolute red-line. They simply will not relinquish it short of using every dirty trick in their vast arsenal of dirty tricks - diplomatic, Intel and (God help us) military.[/QUOTE]
I agree entirely. My only hope is that unlinking the dollar can become widespread enough that the US can't take action. Whistling in the wind, I suppose.
This whole US pivot to the east and the continuing hemming in of Russia could have arisen now precisely because the US really fears the end of dollar hegemony is fast approaching?
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