“La sabiduría de la vida consiste en la eliminación de lo no esencial. En reducir los problemas de la filosofía a unos pocos solamente: el goce del hogar, de la vida, de la naturaleza, de la cultura”.
Lin Yutang
Cervantes
Hoy es el día más hermoso de nuestra vida, querido Sancho; los obstáculos más grandes, nuestras propias indecisiones; nuestro enemigo más fuerte, el miedo al poderoso y a nosotros mismos; la cosa más fácil, equivocarnos; la más destructiva, la mentira y el egoísmo; la peor derrota, el desaliento; los defectos más peligrosos, la soberbia y el rencor; las sensaciones más gratas, la buena conciencia, el esfuerzo para ser mejores sin ser perfectos, y sobretodo, la disposición para hacer el bien y combatir la injusticia dondequiera que esté.
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15 de septiembre de 2017
Trump's Tweets on London Attack Denounced as ‘Unhelpful’ in U.K.
By Thomas Penny
and Tim Ross
Follow @bpolitics for all the latest news, and sign up for our daily Balance of Power newsletter. Donald Trump is raising hackles in London again.
Tweets
from the U.S. president following a terrorist attack Friday prompted an
immediate backlash. Prime Minister Theresa May and police led criticism
of his intervention.
Trump was accused of betraying intelligence details by saying
those responsible for an explosion on an underground train “are sick
and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard,” before
adding “must be proactive!”
May, when asked directly about Trump’s tweets,
responded in a pooled TV interview: “I never think it’s helpful for
anybody to speculate about what is an ongoing investigation.” The
Metropolitan Police went further, saying in a statement that the tweets
“are unhelpful and pure speculation.”
“True or not -- and I’m sure he doesn’t know -- this is
so unhelpful from leader of our ally and intelligence partner,” tweeted
Nick Timothy, who was May’s chief of staff until the June general
election and worked for her as a senior adviser when she was home
secretary.
Former Conservative lawmaker Ben Howlett echoed the
comments. “It is highly unhelpful/dangerous and inappropriate for an
ally to make announcements that share intelligence and undermine
investigations,” he said on Twitter.
Others warned that, if the
president’s comments were based on a confidential security briefing, any
members of a potential terror cell may have been alerted that they were
under surveillance.
There were further fears over leaks of Friday’s probe when
CBS This Morning - a major U.S. Broadcaster -- tweeted a photo of the
improvised device, saying “A source close to investigation says the
bucket contained explosive materials consistent with other recent
terrorist incident.”
It’s a sensitive matter -- also politically.
Earlier this year there was pressure on May to suspend transatlantic
security briefings when details of the investigation into the Manchester
bombing were leaked to the media by U.S. authorities.
This is
also not the first time there has been tension around Trump’s response
to terror attacks in the capital. He sparked anger after the knife
attacks on London Bridge when he used Twitter to criticize Mayor Sadiq
Khan’s response just days before the June election.
Khan refused
to comment on Trump’s latest tweets about London. “I’ve simply been too
busy this morning to look at my Twitter,” the mayor told LBC Radio.
