April 18, 2017 | Astute News

War Cries Drown Out ‘America First’

April 18, 2017

“Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem?” tweeted President Donald Trump on Easter Sunday. Earlier, after discovering “great chemistry”…

Pat Buchanan’s White House Battles

April 18, 2017

Books

Patrick J. Buchanan, Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever (New York: Crown Forum, 2017), 448 pp., $30.00. “I DID not understand then…

How to Lose the Next War in the Middle East

April 18, 2017

Opinion

The Short Answer: Fight it! Make no mistake: after 15 years of losing wars, spreading terror movements, and multiplying failed states across the Greater Middle East, America will fight the next versio…

Judeo-Centrism: Myths and Mania

April 18, 2017

Opinion

Introduction Ethno-religious (ER) beliefs and practices have been harmless when individuals or groups linked to those practices have limited influence over the state and economy. In contrast, when suc…

Russia Warns US Against ‘Syria-Style’ Actions in North Korea

April 18, 2017

Military

Mike Pence’s statement on the US running out of “strategic patience” towards Pyongyang does not contribute to resolving the crisis, Sergey Lavrov said, voicing hopes there will be no repeat of the US …

‘Ready to Fight & Win’: US Marines Deployed to Australia Amid North Korean ‘Nuclear Threat’

April 18, 2017

Military

US Marines have begun to touch down in Darwin, in Australia's tropical north, as the first of some 1,250 “stand ready to fight” against North Korea amid warnings that Pyongyang's nuclear weapons progr…

Russia and China Dispatch Spy Ships to Shadow Trump Fleet

April 18, 2017

Military

In what appears to be both a coordinated move and a warning to Washington China and Russia send spy ships to track Carl Vinson. As the US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson and its accompanying escort ships…

Trump Considering “Kinetic Military Action” on North Korea Including “Sudden Strike”

April 18, 2017

Opinion

Following Sunday’s failed medium-range missile test by Kim Jong-Un, President Donald Trump has been evaluating his response options and according to Bloomberg, which cited a “person familiar with his …