May 22, 2017 | Astute News

Trump Puts US on Sunni Muslim Side of Bitter Sectarian War with Shias

May 22, 2017 Opinion

It was crude stuff. President Trump called on 55 Muslim leaders assembled in Riyadh to drive out terrorism from their countries. He identified Iran as a despotic state and came near to calling for reg…

The Macedonian Crisis Isn’t Over, and a Bigger Balkan One is Just Beginning

May 22, 2017 Opinion

The US didn't resolve Macedonia's crisis, it made it much worse, and the fate of the Balkans is now in jeopardy because of the latest American-brokered "deal". Deputy Assistant Secretary for European …

US Strike on Syrian Forces: The Scramble for Post-Islamic State Syria

May 22, 2017 Opinion

The recent strike on a Syrian military convoy within Syrian territory by US military forces represents another incremental escalation by Washington within the region, and another example of American u…

Trump’s Riyadh Speech: Bowing to the Saudi Regime

May 22, 2017 Opinion

The bar for Donald Trump’s speech in Riyadh had been set so low that it was scraping the sand. How much could be expected from a notorious exploiter of Islamophobia speaking to a gathering of leaders…

Israel Lobby Pays the Political Piper

May 22, 2017 Opinion

In this age of rancorous hyper-partisanship, getting members of Congress to agree on anything beyond the naming of a post office is a challenge. Yet in late April, all 100 members of the U.S. Senate s…

Sorry, Time, But Putin Doesn’t Work in a Cathedral

May 22, 2017 Opinion

Russians have long been dismayed at how foreign media characterizes their homeland. This week’s Time cover gaffe, in which the magazine mistakes a cathedral for the Kremlin, is the latest addition to …

Khomeini’s Iran: Israel’s Ally

May 22, 2017 History

"How can we tolerate the disgrace of having our Islamic country turned into a base for Israel and Zionism?. . . Israel wants to take our economy in its clutches. Israel wants to destroy our trade and …

Is Misogyny a Cure for Woman Worship ?

May 22, 2017 Opinion

"One need only look at a woman's shape to discover that she is not intended for either too much mental or too much physical work. She pays the debt of life not by what she does but by what she suffers…