August 24, 2017 – Astute News

August 24, 2017

Korea, Afghanistan and the Never Ending War Trap

There are more parallels between an unfinished 1950s war in Northeast Asia and an ongoing 16-year-old war in the crossroads between Central and South Asia than meet the eye. Let’s start with North Korea. Once again the US/South Korea Hunger Games plow on. It didn’t have to be this way. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov explained how: “Russia together with China...

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August 24, 2017

US Could Cut Aid to Pakistan, Wants More Help in Fighting Taliban – Tillerson

The US may cut aid to Pakistan or review its status as a major non-NATO ally if Islamabad does not do more to help fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said. Pakistan said it is disappointed with the US’ “false narrative.” Tillerson’s comments come after US President Donald Trump blasted Pakistan on Monday, saying that...

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August 24, 2017

Don’t Kid Yourself, The US Will Still Continue ‘Exporting Democracy

Despite what Trump said in his policy-making speech, the US will still continue to destabilize rival governments, but it’ll just do so under different pretexts. Trump’s Afghan speech earlier this week resulted in a surprising bout of exuberance from many anti-imperialists in the Alt-Media Community who focused on the significance of three key policy-making sentences: “…we will no longer use American military might to construct democracies in faraway...

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August 24, 2017

The Impracticable Attempts of the United States in Afghanistan

The Khaama Press Agency reports that Taliban radicals have sent an open letter to United States President Donald Trump, in which the U.S. is accused of destroying Afghanistan. According to their version, the Pentagon operation against Osama bin Laden brought only grief to the inhabitants of the country, turning Afghanistan into one of the worst states in terms of security,...

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August 24, 2017

ExxonMobil, Kochs, Israel Pushing Washington to Partition Iraq and Syria

The currently stateless Kurds sit astride the Iraq-Syria border on land blessed/cursed with oil, other resources, and geopolitical significance. Is it any wonder that mega-corporations and their client states are looking to use the Kurds, stoke conflict, and exploit the situation? Years before the U.S. illegally invaded and then occupied Iraq, plans were circulating within the Pentagon to partition the...

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August 24, 2017

Donald Trump’s Defining Moments

In the last few weeks, President Trump has gone through a series of defining moments in which his disturbing rhetorical reactions to historical developments have opened a window on his sense of the world and the nation. Let’s pick up the story on Friday, August 11. On that day the New York Times (NYT) announced “Conservatives Relish the ‘Fury’ in...

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August 24, 2017

Moqtada Al-Sadr and Saudi Arabia— The New Allies

The prominent Iraqi Shia cleric and influential political leader Moqtada Al-Sadr visited Saudi Arabia on July 30 for the first time after 11 years. Al-Sadr, who is categorized amongst the hardliners in Iraq, met the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohamed bin Salman Al-Saud. According to official statements and reports, Saudi Arabia invited Al-Sadr— and the latter, accepted the invitation....

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August 24, 2017

Is Trump’s Agenda Being Eclipsed?

“I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire,” said Winston Churchill to cheers at the Lord Mayor’s luncheon in London in November 1942. True to his word, the great man did not begin the liquidation. When his countrymen threw him out in July 1945, that role fell to Clement...

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Daily Archive: August 24, 2017

Korea, Afghanistan and the Never Ending War Trap

US Could Cut Aid to Pakistan, Wants More Help in Fighting Taliban – Tillerson

Don’t Kid Yourself, The US Will Still Continue ‘Exporting Democracy

The Impracticable Attempts of the United States in Afghanistan

ExxonMobil, Kochs, Israel Pushing Washington to Partition Iraq and Syria

Donald Trump’s Defining Moments

Moqtada Al-Sadr and Saudi Arabia— The New Allies

Is Trump’s Agenda Being Eclipsed?