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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 17-Jun-2012
17-Jun-12 World View -- German Chancellor Merkel warns Greece to continue austerity

Web Log - June, 2012

17-Jun-12 World View -- German Chancellor Merkel warns Greece to continue austerity

Generational Dynamics interviews with Stephen K. Bannon and Warren E. Pollock

This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com.

German Chancellor Merkel warns Greece to continue austerity
Al-Qaeda in Iraq caps week of terrorist bombings by killing 26 Iraqi Shias
United Nations suspends Kofi Annan 'Peace Plan' observer mission
Stephen K. Bannon interviews John J. Xenakis
Warren E. Pollock interviews John J. Xenakis

German Chancellor Merkel warns Greece to continue austerity

Alexis Tsipras at a campaign rally on Thursday

Alexis Tsipras at a campaign rally on Thursday

On the eve of Greece's Sunday elections, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Greece that it cannot rengotiate its bailout agreement with the EU. She was clearly directing her remarks at far left candidate Alexis Tsipras when she said that Greece will not be allowed to dodge its austerity agreement and "lead everyone else through the arena by the nose ring." This comes two days after Tsipras said that Angela Merkel's Europe "belongs to the past." He promised that, starting Monday, "We guarantee the Europe of the future!" UK Press Association and Telegraph (London)

Al-Qaeda in Iraq caps week of terrorist bombings by killing 26 Iraqi Shias

Two car bombs in Baghdad Iraq killed at least 26 people on Saturday, the last day of a week-long Shia Muslim religious observance. Al-Qaeda linked Sunni terrorists have been targeting Shia targets throughout the Mideast, and Iraq has been a focal point since the withdrawal of American forces in December. If you look back in history, as I did in my lengthy 2007 article, "Iraqi Sunnis are turning against al-Qaeda in Iraq", you find that Iraqis put nationalism ahead of religious differences, meaning that the Sunni versus Shia conflicts in Iraq are mostly driven by foreign fighters -- al-Qaeda Sunnis from Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and Shias from Iran. AP

United Nations suspends Kofi Annan 'Peace Plan' observer mission

The United Nations is suspending the observer mission in Syria, which was part of the Kofi Annan "Peace Plan." The peace plan was a failure from the moment it was announced, and only provided a useful cover for Syria, Iran and Russia to cooperate in killing innocent Sunni Arab protesters in Syria. None of the observers has yet been killed or badly wounded, but that could change at any time because of the continuing violence. VOA

Stephen K. Bannon interviews John J. Xenakis

In this 8 minute interview, we discussed last weekend's bailout of Spain, and how public debt is increasing worldwide. The Victory Sessions/Stephen K. Bannon and MP3 Podcast

Warren E. Pollock interviews John J. Xenakis

Here's Warren E. Pollock's description of our 35 minute interview:

"Back to pragmatic analysis, John Xenakis and I compare and contrast conclusions based on Generational Theory against my findings using my methodology of trajectories. We talk about the generational aspects around the globe including the United States, Western Europe, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Syria, Israel, and China. Major flash-points and trends are identified.
Generational Dynamics is very important at this time in America's history because we've entered a new "crisis period." Ten years ago, all the nation's senior government, business and educational leaders and managers were from the generation that grew up during World War II, and experienced the trauma of seeing homelessness, starvation and death all around them, while they lived in fear of German and Japanese bombers. That risk-aversive generation dealt with problems using compromise and containment.
Today, those risk-aversive leaders are gone, retired or dead. Today's leaders are from the "Baby Boomer generation," born after World War II with no personal memory of that war. The people in this generation are not risk-aversive. The people in this generation are more likely to be risk-seeking, arrogant, hubristic, narcissistic, and self-assured. That's why America's attitudes have changed so much in the last ten years.
Once you understand Generational Dynamics, then you'll understand a very great deal about how the world works, and about America's future for the next thirty years."

YouTube/Warren E. Pollock

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