04-07-2014, 08:26 AM
On the BNP affair and the Franco-Russian Mistral aircraft carrier deal, a former advisor to Nicolas Sarkozy had this to say:
From an interesting and well worth reading article by Zerohedge And another one HERE. And HERE is a backgrounder on the significance and importance for Europe of the South Stream Pipeline project.
The sense is that Europe is turning away from the US and towards Russia and China. The US trying to use ploys like blackmail to keep its dominance is, in my opinion, counter-productive, as this only gets people's back up and hardens their decision to turn away.
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"This affair is part of Washington's hegemonic ambition in law and commerce," said Jacques Myard, a lawmaker from Former President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP Party. "Washington has theannoying habit of trying to apply its laws outside its jurisdiction and use its strength for commercial ends."
From an interesting and well worth reading article by Zerohedge And another one HERE. And HERE is a backgrounder on the significance and importance for Europe of the South Stream Pipeline project.
The sense is that Europe is turning away from the US and towards Russia and China. The US trying to use ploys like blackmail to keep its dominance is, in my opinion, counter-productive, as this only gets people's back up and hardens their decision to turn away.
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