30-11-2009, 11:11 AM
It always was clear that the real reason was to grab Iraqi oil and, later, Iranian oil.
The inquiry by Chilcott very much reminds me of the Iraq weapons inquiry by Lord Justice Scott that took place shortly after Margaret Thatcher was tossed out of power. Despite all the excited trailing in the media, by Richard Norton-Taylor and others, building great expectations of justice that was soon to be visited on us long suffering Brits for the wrongs done to us by Her Nibs, the report - as was to be expected by anyone with even a dim insight on how government works - a complete load of bollocks.
But it achieved what it was intended to --- it earthed the boiling anger and discontent.
Tone has nothing to fear.
The inquiry by Chilcott very much reminds me of the Iraq weapons inquiry by Lord Justice Scott that took place shortly after Margaret Thatcher was tossed out of power. Despite all the excited trailing in the media, by Richard Norton-Taylor and others, building great expectations of justice that was soon to be visited on us long suffering Brits for the wrongs done to us by Her Nibs, the report - as was to be expected by anyone with even a dim insight on how government works - a complete load of bollocks.
But it achieved what it was intended to --- it earthed the boiling anger and discontent.
Tone has nothing to fear.
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