March 2017 | Astute News

Pentagon – and Daesh – Target Iran

March 31, 2017

CENTCOM commander Army Gen. Joseph Votel channeled his full Dr. Strangelove in front of the US House Armed Services Committee this past Wednesday. "We need to look at opportunities where we can disrup…

Time to “Slow-Down-but-Hurry-Up” in Understanding Turkish Regional Agenda

March 31, 2017

Opinion

Moscow is confused, the US is confused – everybody seems to be when it comes to Turkey, who is with whom and what its next move will be. Anything you write about Turkey is old news by the time you get…

‘Wish You Well Against Jewish Invaders’: Himmler’s Letter to Palestinian Arab Leader Discovered

March 31, 2017

History

An old telegram uncovered by the National Library of Israel shows a letter from Nazi SS chief Heinrich Himmler to Palestinian Grand Mufti Amin al-Husseini, voicing his support for “freedom-seeking Ara…

Does Springtime Makes Certain Politicians Even More Mental?

March 31, 2017

Opinion

It is believed that springtime is a season of lovers and mental cases. It is in the spring that the symptoms of allergies and certain mental illnesses are generally exacerbated, and those physiologica…

Parkinson’s Law Also Applies to the Pentagon

March 31, 2017

Opinion

Back in the 1950’s, a British professor at the distinguished University of Malaya, C. Northcote Parkinson, observed that as the post-war Royal Navy shrank in size, its bureaucracy continued to expand.…

U.S. Boosts Special Forces Training in Central Asia

March 31, 2017

Military

The United States has stepped up its trainings of elite military units in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan over the last two years, U.S. government records show. At the same time, th…

Tillerson Goes Public with US Plans for Syria Partition

March 31, 2017

Middle East

Washington's new path is bad for the territorial integrity of Middle Eastern states, but it's also bad for the monster known as NATO Visiting Turkey yesterday, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said…

RT Spots US ‘Advisers’ on Raqqa Frontline on Visit to Syria’s Strategic Euphrates Dam

March 31, 2017

Middle East

An RT crew has gained access to the strategic Tabqa dam, partially recaptured by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces with the help of US troops who were deployed to Syria to “train, advise and as…