March 6, 2017 – Astute News

March 6, 2017

US Troops Spotted in Armored Convoy Near Manbij, Syria

American soldiers have been spotted traveling in an armored convoy near the Syrian city of Manbij, with a US spokesman calling it a “deliberate action” aimed at ensuring Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) is defeated. Footage obtained by Ruptly shows the US troops traveling in a convoy on Saturday as an American flag flies high over one of the armored...

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March 6, 2017

Chinese Troops Appear to be Operating in Afghanistan, and the Pentagon is OK with it

There is mounting evidence that Chinese ground troops are operating inside Afghanistan, conducting joint counter-terror patrols with Afghan forces along a 50-mile stretch of their shared border and fueling speculation that Beijing is preparing to play a significantly greater role in the country’s security once the U.S. and NATO leave. The full scope of China’s involvement remains unclear, and the...

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March 6, 2017

Russian South Asia Complexity

Russian moves to improve relations with Pakistan to complicate its South Asian strategy? How Russia can mange relations with Pakistan keeping time-tested privileged partnership with India? Russian moves are tactical in nature or following a comprehensive strategy to deal with two rival neighbors? Russia requires a policy for South Asia region as whole? What would be Russian policy options if...

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March 6, 2017

Drastic Changes in the Middle East Happen Unbelievably Fast

The situation in the Middle East is changing at an incredible speed. The things unbelievable yesterday, become reality today. Each of the events becomes part of a bigger picture, with the region gradually moving away from abyss to become a better place. On March 1, Iraqi forces were reported to have taken control of the last major road out of...

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March 6, 2017

If not Kremlin, Then Who Brought Trump to Power?

For months we’ve been seeing titles like “the Kremlin brought Trump to power” and “Moscow interferes in the internal affairs of other states”, and it seems that the Western media has a never-ending supply of such sensationalism. But to make the matters worse, similar statements are now being voiced by all sorts of politicians, indicating that this recent Russia-bashing campaign...

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March 6, 2017

Who Could Ever Feel Pride in the Balfour Declaration?

Theresa May told us that Britain will celebrate the centenary of the Balfour Declaration this summer with “pride”. This was predictable. A British prime minister who would fawn to the head-chopping Arab autocrats of the Gulf in the hope of selling them more missiles – and then hold the hand of the insane new anti-Muslim president of the United States...

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March 6, 2017

Fools on the Hill: Trump and Congress

As I watched Trump recite, in his halting manner, the pasteurized prose scrolling across his teleprompter in the House chamber on Tuesday night, I felt a little twitch of pity for the beast. The wild child of American politics had been caged. For more than an hour, Trump resembled a man on electronic detention, going cautiously through the motions, careful not to...

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March 6, 2017

US Contemplates Attack Against North Korea

The fact that the White House is seriously weighing the option of using military force against North Korea is an obvious deviation from what President Donald Trump said during the election campaign. He promised that the US would keep away from local conflicts. According to him, Iran was the main geopolitical foe. Now, this concept appears to be reviewed. According...

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Daily Archive: March 6, 2017

US Troops Spotted in Armored Convoy Near Manbij, Syria

Chinese Troops Appear to be Operating in Afghanistan, and the Pentagon is OK with it

Russian South Asia Complexity

Drastic Changes in the Middle East Happen Unbelievably Fast

If not Kremlin, Then Who Brought Trump to Power?

Who Could Ever Feel Pride in the Balfour Declaration?

Fools on the Hill: Trump and Congress

US Contemplates Attack Against North Korea