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 February
5 to February 17.
The comments are
about politics, economy, business, health and other subjects linked with United States, Europe and
other lands.
The majority of
these comments generated a good interaction with other members of the Journal
Community.
Domingo Trassens
Analyst
World Rethink
February 17, 2014
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BLOG COMMENTS: 2015/02/05–
2015/02/17
Till now, a lot of
people think that the beheading of Christians and western journalists is only a
local problem of countries where the Islamic extremists have power, or they are
fighting against others in civil wars.
Personally, I think
that the horrible slaughter of the non-Muslims and western citizens and the
kidnapping of innocent people for ransoms go farther. This is the start of a
new Islamic-fascism that wants to conquer the world and exterminate the
infidels of the Muslim creed.
Step by step, we
will see that in different parts of the globe new "branches" of the
Islamic State will appear with cruel tactics and similar goals to the
extremists of Syria, Iraq and Libya.1 Recommendation 02/17/2015 05:47:50 AM
The last events of
France and Denmark confirm the Islamic fascism that is whipping Europe is a
devilish movement that wants to destroy the cultural and religious roots of the
countries and the principles of freedom that were spread across the Old
Continent after the fall of the Nazi regime. 4 Recommendations 02/16/2015 02:58:07 PM
Greece has to negotiate with the members of the European Union and the
European Central Bank in a reasonable way.
Till now the
authorities of the EU were very tolerant and flexible, while the behavior of
the new Athens government is demanding and arrogant.
If the Greeks
continue in the current direction, they will have to leave the euro-zone and
the European Union. 7 Recommendations 02/16/2015 02:44:10 PM
Egyptian President
Abdel Fattah Al Sisi showed to the world that he has guts reacted immediately
against the beheadings of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya.
In front of terrible
events like the killing of innocent people for religious extremism, the
attitude of Al Sisi was the right answer.
We don’t have to
allow that the hate of the Islamic extremists against the Christians and
non-Islamic people destroy our society and force us to live underground. 6
Recommendations 02/16/2015 02:24:30 PM
Probably, Boko Haram
is using the kidnapped girls as human bombs. This is more than criminal. 02/15/2015 02:57:16 PM
This is enough! Now
everybody has something against Brian Williams, when with frequency a lot of
members of the media and politicians paint the “truth” with different colors
depending of the goals of who writes the story.
We are not living in
a world of angels and innocent children… 2 Recommendations 02/15/2015 02:20:23 PM
Always, the Angela
Merkel's missions are difficult and risky.
By the way, some years ago, during the Georgia crisis, Ms. Merkel had to confront directly the Russian tanks that blocked the access of the capital of this former-Soviet country when she was going to talk with the Georgian President. The press never talked about this incident, but somebody next to her commented in private the terrible moment that the German Chancellor lived, trying to find a peaceful agreement between the two parts, like now between Ukraine and Russia.
In the current moment, Angela Merkel is the unique leader who goes where the conflicts are and tries to build near-impossible bridges with the goal to solve complex issues. 1 Recommendation 02/15/2015 01:26:46 PM
By the way, some years ago, during the Georgia crisis, Ms. Merkel had to confront directly the Russian tanks that blocked the access of the capital of this former-Soviet country when she was going to talk with the Georgian President. The press never talked about this incident, but somebody next to her commented in private the terrible moment that the German Chancellor lived, trying to find a peaceful agreement between the two parts, like now between Ukraine and Russia.
In the current moment, Angela Merkel is the unique leader who goes where the conflicts are and tries to build near-impossible bridges with the goal to solve complex issues. 1 Recommendation 02/15/2015 01:26:46 PM
ANSWER TO ANOTHER
JOURNAL COMMUNITY MEMBER: You are completely right. The hostile
attitude of Islamic extremists is suffocating traditional expressions of the
European culture.
A lot of Muslims
don't show gratitude to the European hospitality. They demand aid and
assistance. But they don’t answer to the hosts with a warm hand. The
intolerance of crowds of ungrateful foreigners will have serious consequences
in not long time. 2 Recommendations 02/15/2015 10:34:30 AM
The Nigerians want
that the United States makes the hard work of cleaning the African
country from the Boko Haram extremists.
The request of the
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is a dramatic demonstration of the
weakness of his government and the Nigerian army forces. But for the United States or other country is a risky compromise send
troops for helping a regime like the government of Goodluck Jonathan. 02/14/2015 03:52:41 PM
The Copenhagen shooting is new evidence that Europe has been invaded by followers of the Islam.
The Europeans like
to criticize everybody about religious and political subjects, while the
Muslims are intolerant with the critic attitude. 1 Recommendation 02/14/2015 03:30:51 PM
The truce does not
look that will be long because both parts want to fight. In the ground, we
don't feel airs of peace. 02/14/2015 03:04:33 PM
Peggy: Who really
can throw the first stone? Everybody makes mistakes, some of them, big
mistakes, others only small mistakes…but from my humble perspective, I do not
see that it is good that we continue growing the “bad ball” that is the Brian
Williams case today. 1 Recommendation 02/13/2015 03:24:40 PM
In the end, Justice
will come!!!
During the last
decades, Argentina lived immobile in front a parade of very bad
politicians who have rotted the ethical roots of the country.
But according all
the evidences that we am seeing during the Kirchner cycle, Cristina leads the
group of bad politicians, as the ringleader of a gang of criminals who deserve
to end their lives in jail. 9 Recommendations 02/13/2015 03:08:53 PM
As we see for the
news, Germany continues pushing the economic growth of the euro-zone, while in
the other extreme, The Greeks didn’t learn till now that they are the own ruin.
The Greeks want to
have a good life without making efforts to put their economy in the average
level of the other members of the community. 02/13/2015 02:05:42 PM
France always was important provider of the military sector. We have to
remember that it is selling two expensive war ships to Russia.
The French don’t
care about the ideology or the political regime of their customers. 02/12/2015 03:54:44 PM
It is evident that Iran is achieving its nuclear goals thanks the
concessions of the United States. From my point of view, the American
diplomacy has let that the Iranians control the game.
Like Henry Kissinger said in the Congress hearing, after Iran, a series of countries in the Middle East will enter to the Atomic Club in an easy way.
And probably, in short time, small atomic bombs will be sold as a bargain for terrorists and others in any market of the Muslim world. With the money of the ransoms, the bad guys will buy the bombs in the same place where today they purchase conventional weapons and other lethal material for their bloody parties. 02/12/2015 02:58:45 PM
Like Henry Kissinger said in the Congress hearing, after Iran, a series of countries in the Middle East will enter to the Atomic Club in an easy way.
And probably, in short time, small atomic bombs will be sold as a bargain for terrorists and others in any market of the Muslim world. With the money of the ransoms, the bad guys will buy the bombs in the same place where today they purchase conventional weapons and other lethal material for their bloody parties. 02/12/2015 02:58:45 PM
The agreement among Russia and Ukraine looks weak, but the previous expectations
were poor.
Despite of all, we
have to recognize that the leaders of Germany and France made a huge effort.
It is evident that
President Putin does not want to change his plans and the Russia-backed
separatists are in a hard position against Kiev authorities.
From my opinion, the
reason that Mr. Putin went to Minsk is because he wants to show an “open
position” to reduce the pressure of the economic sanctions of the EU and US.
4 Recommendations 02/12/2015 01:29:21 PM
4 Recommendations 02/12/2015 01:29:21 PM
The sentence that
the Captain Francesco Schettino - 16
years of jail - has received for the shipwreck of the cruise liner Costa
Concordia and the death of 32 people is soft due to the magnitude of the
disaster he produced. And probably, after 8 or 9 years, they will free him.
In China and other countries, for this kind of
disaster, Captain Schettinowould pay his mistake with the death penalty. 4
Recommendations 02/11/2015 03:50:16 PM
Now, President Obama
is starting to understand that his original strategy in the fight against ISIS was wrong.
But the problem is
that the new plan has to be focused in effective initiatives to defeat the
extremists in the ground with the minimum of civil casualties. The Americans
don’t want more martyrs like Kayla Mueller. 3 Recommendations 02/11/2015 03:05:24 PM
The drama of the
thousands of immigrants who come to Western Europe
from Africa, Middle East
and Asia is terrible.
However, the European countries can receive only some groups of immigrants. The members of the EU are not in economic and political conditions to integrate massive invasions of people from countries with very different cultures and huge humanitarian and social problems.
It is the United Nations through the High Commissioner for Refugees the international authority that has to take a more effective action to punish the smugglers and stop the trips across the Mediterranean in the African ports where the crossing operations start.
In addition the UN has to work with the African countries to create the human and social conditions to give better life expectations to the poor population in their own countries. 4 Recommendations 02/11/2015 09:01:04 AM
However, the European countries can receive only some groups of immigrants. The members of the EU are not in economic and political conditions to integrate massive invasions of people from countries with very different cultures and huge humanitarian and social problems.
It is the United Nations through the High Commissioner for Refugees the international authority that has to take a more effective action to punish the smugglers and stop the trips across the Mediterranean in the African ports where the crossing operations start.
In addition the UN has to work with the African countries to create the human and social conditions to give better life expectations to the poor population in their own countries. 4 Recommendations 02/11/2015 09:01:04 AM
Today, in Europe, the problems that the refugees are
generating are really serious.
Italy opens the doors but after that the refugees go to rich countries of Northern Europe.
This implies more
taxes to implement social assistance and educational programs for people who do
not have basic knowledge to integrate themselves with the local communities in
an easy way.
Last October, in Dresden, Germany, a group of citizens who don’t want to help
the immigrants from Muslim countries created a big movement named PEGIDA
(Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West). Similar movements
are growing in other places now. 6 Recommendations 02/11/2015 02:01:38 PM
The complete opening
to refugees and immigrants of diverse countries will have devastating effects
in Europe and in the United States. The humanitarian feelings for the others
have limits. In the end, the rich countries will become poor countries. 6
Recommendations 02/11/2015 02:28:50 PM
If one day somebody
writes a book about the martyrs of the war on terror, the name of Kayla Jean
Mueller deserves to be written in the first line.
Also her name has to
lead the list of the new heroes of the humanitarian services of aid to the
people who suffer in this world.
We have to hope the
jury of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize considers her name as a postmortem honor to
Miss Mueller..
My best prayers for
Kayla and her great soul!!! 7 Recommendations 02/10/2015 03:34:18 PM
The current events
in Eastern Ukraine don’t show an environment of reconciliation.
On the contrary, the fighters of both sides are fighting with fiercer attitude,
with the intention of producing the most possible damages to the enemy before
the peace negotiation. 1 Recommendation 02/10/2015 01:39:15 PM
RadioShack committed
a series of big mistakes during the last few years:
1) It did not update
its business model according to the new requirements of the digital era.
2) It hired
employees without knowledge about its business and it did not train them in the
right direction. (In my last visits to a RadioShack shop, I saw that the
employees knew less than me about the products they were selling.)
3) Due to the two
previous mistakes, RadioShack lost contact with the real customers of the
consumer-electronics business. 2 Recommendations 02/09/2015 02:59:34 PM
I think this is the
last effort for a diplomatic solution. If Mr. Putin does not change his
attitude, the conflict will enter in a worse phase. 3 Recommendations 02/09/2015 11:52:10 AM
All the companies
have an ethical obligation to protect the personal data of their customers,
independently that the laws request special procedures. 02/08/2015 02:43:00 PM
Put more heavy
weapons in the battlefield imply to extend the war and make its end
unpredictable. But we don’t have to admit Russian boots in Ukrainian territory.
1 Recommendation 02/08/2015 12:49:42 PM
The delay of the
elections will not help to the Nigerian army to make a big progress in the
terror war against Boko Haram. 02/08/2015 12:23:35 PM
The majority of the
advices are good, others are very obvious subjects.
For example, it is
truth that the experts in personal finance make all complicated to capture
stupid customers.
You have to manage
your personal finance with a simple mathematics of 1 + 1 is 2.
3 Recommendations 02/08/2015 12:14:03 PM
3 Recommendations 02/08/2015 12:14:03 PM
I think the
lawmakers have the right to have their own mind about the Iranian case. We are
living in democracy and each branch of the government has to respect the other
powers. 3 Recommendations 02/07/2015 09:49:13 PM
RadioShack is part
of the history of the consumer-electronic business and the start of the
personal computers. Like other companies of the retail market, it suffered the
consequences of the evolution of this business to the e-commerce. Its
management did not react in time. Now, it is late to rebuild its operations. 1
Recommendation 02/07/2015 09:33:10 PM
I agree with the
opinion of Lt. Gen. Frederick “Ben” Hodges, commander of U.S. Army Europe,
about Russian actions in Ukraine.
The Russians want to
take Eastern Ukraine to consolidate its position in Crimea. The plan of divide Ukraine was clear from the first moment the crisis
started. 2 Recommendations 02/07/2015 08:45:08 PM
Every month the
Labor Department shows a lot of figures and good graphics and projections, but
it is difficult to differentiate the real data from the cosmetics. 1
Recommendation 02/06/2015 03:20:27 PM
If the White House
does not change her strategy in the fighting against ISIS, all the high-profile hostages will be
killed with horrendous tortures and deaths. 3 Recommendations 02/06/2015 03:01:42 PM
Personally, I agree
with the statement that “the Cristina’s joke was not funny. It shows a lack of
respect for Chinese people.”
1) The president of a country is the first person who has to show respect for the authorities of other countries in official or private visits.
1) The president of a country is the first person who has to show respect for the authorities of other countries in official or private visits.
2) Mrs. Kirchner is
not a person with a high cultural level for criticizing people of the other
country who is trying to please her with some words in Spanish. She does not
speak Chinese and she is not an erudite in her own language. She speaks a
Spanish language with a lot of vulgar expressions. Her speech lacks refinement.
3) Mocking the
Chinese, she shows to the world that she does not have diplomatic style. Her
attitude is giving a very bad image of Argentina.
4) Finally, the
incident reflects that President Kirchner tries to mix her domestic problems
with her agenda of foreign relationships, with the intention to turn aside the
attention from the case of the murder of the prosecutor Nisman. 1
Recommendation 02/06/2015 02:42:37 PM
We have to hope that
the invitation of U.S. House Speaker John Boehner to Pope Francis does not
create a new conflict between Congress and the White House.
Maybe one day, John
Boehner invites to President Putin to speak in Congress without inform to
President Obama. 3 Recommendations 02/05/2015 03:35:42 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.
Website: http://world-rethink.blogspot.de/
