Tuesday, June 16, 2015

BLOG COMMENTS - JUNE 16, 2015



Dear Friends:

I would like to share with you some of the comments posted by myself in the WSJ Journal Community about important headlines of the Wall Street Journal from June 9 to June 16.

The comments are about politics, economy, business, social issues, technology and other subjects in the United States, Europe and the world.

As you can see for the RECOMMENDATIONS, the majority of these comments generated a good reaction of other members of the Journal Community.

Domingo Trassens
Analyst
World Rethink
June 16, 2015


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BLOG COMMENTS: 2015/06/09 - 2015/06/16



MY COMMENT: Some people don’t like Jeb Bush for his family name. Others criticize his ideas. In general, we don’t hear criticism about his tenure of Florida Governor.

The others who try to find “spots” in the Jeb’s curriculum, they don’t find big “spots”, perhaps some details. (By the way, there is not a perfect human being in the planet…)

Previously to the announcement of his candidacy, Jeb made an extensive study of the political environment, also traveling to Europe and speaking with German Chancellor Angela Merkel… Really, his preparation to enter into the “race” was extensive and dedicated.

Before continuing making guesses about his possible future as U.S. president, we have to look his campaign against other Republicans. And if he wins this contest, we have to observe with clinical eyes his attitude in front of Hillary or the Democrat candidate. 1 Recommendation 06/16/2015 07:25:47 AM



MY COMMENT: The news says that a U.S. air-strike in Yemen killed Nasser al-Wuhayshi, second in command of Al Qaeda.

During the last few years, drones, air-strikes and command operations killed a series of top terrorist leaders including Osama bin Laden. However, Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups continue their devilish work.

Probably, the death of Nasser al-Wuhayshi is a big blow, but we cannot sleep peaceful because every time that one dies, ten or more are in line to cover the vacancy. 1 Recommendation 06/16/2015 06:51:03 AM



MY COMMENT: Pope Francis is not a monarch of the Italian palaces. He is not a cynical Machiavelli or a magical alchemist dealing with devils and wizards. He is a humble shepherd with strong ethical principles.

And he wants to put the Catholic Church in the place that Jesus wanted to see according to his sermons to the first Christians. 1 Recommendation 06/15/2015 11:04:51 AM



MY COMMENT: During his years in charge of the White House, President Obama always showed serious difficulties to negotiate with politicians and leaders of other countries who are against his initiatives and/or plans.

Now again, President Obama is showing his weakness to deal because House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says: No!

In a democracy, a president who is not a good negotiator cannot rule the country in an effective way. 4 Recommendations 06/15/2015 10:37:09 AM



MY COMMENT: The transfer of detainees from Guantanamo to Arab countries is risky due to the political unstable conditions of these countries.  1 Recommendation 06/14/2015 03:53:38 PM



MY COMMENT: The decision to move heavy weaponry to Poland has to be evaluated by military experts. It has a series of costs and in the modern wars there are other “tools” to persuade the enemy that any attack will answer with strong attitude.

Independently of the recommendations of the military experts, NATO has to implement emergency plans to react immediately if one or more of its members are threatened by Russia or other country or a terrorist organization. 1 Recommendation 06/14/2015 01:54:33 PM



MY COMMENT: The news says that the robotic probe that landed on Philae Comet is sending signals to the Earth after months of silence. This is really good!

These signals confirm that the robotic probe is not dead and also show that sometimes the robots don’t act like the humans expect. In other words, the interruption of signals from the robotic probe didn’t imply the end of the contact with the Earth.

It would be good if the probe sends other data to the researchers of the European Space Agency for the analysis. 06/14/2015 01:06:38 PM



MY COMMENT: The shadow of the cyber hackers is shaking the German Parliament. The situation looks very confused.

We have to remember that during the Cold War, Germany was one of the gates of the spies between the West and the East. 06/13/2015 11:34:30 PM



MY COMMENT: The Greeks were looking for the default… When somebody complains without putting the own effort to go out a crisis, the worst comes. 1 Recommendation 06/13/2015 11:21:54 PM



MY COMMENT: We can contain China only if we act smarter than the Chinese. But in recent years, the Chinese acted smarter than us. 1 Recommendation 06/13/2015 11:20:46 PM



MY COMMENT: A country with serious economic and financial problems has to be very careful in the way it manages its retirement package and the payment of the public employees. The generosity of the government with money from others always breaks the system.

The rest of Europe and the IMF don’t have to pay privileges that the Greeks have like the retirement of the men at age 61.9 and women at 60.3. 1 Recommendation 06/12/2015 03:35:49 PM



MY COMMENT: This story says the Obama’s strategy is “to give a basic training course of between two and four weeks to the Iraqi troops and Sunni tribesmen.”

If this is the “plan”, it will not change the current situation. A basic training to fire with an AK-47 will not lift the low “moral” of the Iraqi troops.

From my point of view, the White House continues losing time and energy. 1 Recommendation 06/12/2015 02:22:46 PM



MY COMMENT: The efforts of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to solve the Greece crisis are huge, but the Greeks don’t help. Really, they are gambling like irresponsible teenagers.

Ms. Merkel knows the complete fall of Greece will generate serious damages to the EU. 1 Recommendation 06/12/2015 01:58:57 PM



MY COMMENT: It would be good that President Obama comes to Congress with more frequency to talk with the lawmakers.

He only goes to the Capitol to make pressure in one or another direction. 06/12/2015 01:18:50 PM



MY COMMENT: This is the reaction of the Spaniards tired of the corruption of the Popular Party that today is ruling the country.

When the citizens don’t see solution to the normal problems of the population and feel the bad government practices of the ruler, they react voting for something different. This happens everywhere. 1 Recommendation 06/12/2015 12:49:29 PM



MY COMMENT: The statement of Ukrainian President Poroshenko: “We’re Making Steady Progress in Ukraine, Despite Putin” is something positive. But it is not enough to guarantee that Ukraine will solve its sovereignty problems.

In the current circumstances, the Ukrainians have to assume that they lost Crimea because today an invasion of this peninsula without NATO support is near impossible.

The political and military targets have to be the defense of Eastern Ukraine. 2 Recommendations 06/11/2015 03:23:00 PM



MY COMMENT: The shake that the Turkish President Erdogan received in the last elections was strong. However his party –AKP- remains as the largest party in Parliament.

The Turkish people are changing their political attitude in a gradual democratic process. This is an advance in a good direction. 1 Recommendation 06/11/2015 03:01:36 PM



MY COMMENT: The news says the Chinese former security chief Zhou Yongkang was sentenced to life prison, “convicted of bribery, abuse of power and leaking state secrets”.

In China, when a top official falls for a crime, the punishment is hard. Maybe, other countries of the world have to use similar criteria to punish corrupt officials. This initiative could be a start step for cleaning the high corruption that we find everywhere. 1 Recommendation 06/11/2015 02:44:28 PM



MY COMMENT: Ana Botín, the chairwoman of Banco Santander, has a strong international experience in the banking business. However, if she wants to rethink her father’s legacy, she has to move carefully.

We saw cases where the children killed the businesses of their families due to the excessive changes they made. 1 Recommendation 06/11/2015 02:29:49 PM



MY COMMENT: The initiative of Pope Francis to order the establishment of a special court to try bishops related with cases of sex abuse is an important step of an authority of the Catholic Church. Never before, a Pope tried to punish high members of the institution.

The mission is very difficult. Probably, his order will be resisted for some sectors of the Church. 1 Recommendation 06/10/2015 02:56:57 PM



MY COMMENT: The news says “Obama Administration Readies Big Push on Climate Change”.

It looks like the rush of the White House to implement the control of the greenhouse-gas emissions in the next months is because President Obama wants to travel to Paris next December with the “climate change homework” finished.

Probably, Barack Obama expects to receive an award for his effort on the United Nations summit on climate change. 2 Recommendations 06/10/2015 02:29:45 PM



MY COMMENT ANSWERING ANOTHER JOURNAL MEMBER WHO CRITICIZED JEB BUSH BECAUSE HE FOCUSED ON HIS FATHER, IN THE BERLIN SPEECH:

You see the trip of Jeb Bush to Germany with American eyes, but you have to see this trip with German eyes.

Jeb Bush talked to the Germans in Berlin. And it is truth that in Germany, George H. W. Bush has better reputation than the brother of Jeb. Why?

1) George H. W. Bush helped to the Germany unification and he had very good connection with conservative politicians like Helmut Kohn who was the German Chancellor in his time.

2) George W. Bush had differences with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder due to the Iraq war. Schroeder is SPD (social democratic).

Jeb Bush in his speech to the Germans was smart because he knows that Germany population is 50% conservative and 50% left-wing. Nobody is against George H. W. Bush, but there are Germans who didn’t like the pressure of George W. Bush for the Iraq war and the differences with Mr. Schroeder. 06/10/2015 01:50:50 PM



MY COMMENT: This initiative could mark the beginning of the end of the foreign deposits in the Swiss banks. 1 Recommendation 06/09/2015 03:09:15 PM



MY COMMENT: The improvement of the profitability is a common argument of the big companies and banks when they want to cut job positions and reduce the payroll. 1 Recommendation 06/09/2015 02:30:59 PM


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SOURCES:

1) External Sources: Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Tweeter and PBS NewsHour.

2) Own Sources: My own research for previous publishing projects like TTT of Comlab Corp, Spanish English Club online and others.


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