December 23, 2017 – Astute News

December 23, 2017

Pence’s Anti-Pakistani Declaration Could Unite the “Golden Circle”

The American Vice President said that Trump had “put Pakistan on notice” with his recently unveiled National Security Strategy, employing the exact same language that had earlier been used against the US’ hated Iranian rival and strongly implying that Islamabad might be the next member in an expanded “Axis of Evil”, though this might tremendously backfire against American interests if...

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December 23, 2017

Israel’s Sunni-Shia Divide and Conquer Strategy

Sun Tzu had the Art of War. Von Clausewitz had On War. Britain used divide and conquer to maintain control of its colonies. Now Israel has transformed the strategy into a fine art in its manipulation of its Arab neighbors. Earlier this week, Israel’s intelligence minister, Israel Katz, who has already announced his intention run for Likud Party leadership should...

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December 23, 2017

When Sanity Fails – the Mindset of the “Ideological Drone”

My recent analysis of the potential consequences of a US attack on the DPRK has elicited a wide range of reactions. There is one type of reaction which I find particularly interesting and most important and I would like to focus on it today: the ones which entirely dismissed my whole argument. The following is a selection of some of...

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December 23, 2017

Washington’s Humiliation at UN is Sign of a Washed-Up Superpower

The overwhelming rejection of President Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital by 128 member nations at the UN is a signal event of how far US international standing has slumped. Leader of the free world? More like a miscreant whose overbearing megalomaniacal ego is no longer tolerable to virtually everyone else. Even close US allies among the NATO...

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December 23, 2017

Trump’s Gross Hypocrisy on Yemen War

Political charlatans like Donald Trump often employ an essential trick from stage magic: misdirecting the audience. By taking the public’s eye off the real issues and channeling discussion toward made-up controversies, they can keep working their agenda in the shadows. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has been quick to learn that technique from her mentor in the...

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December 23, 2017

Intimidating UN Member States the Al Capone Style

The White House’s commitment to spreading chaos across the world, bringing people of various religions and beliefs misery and suffering is hardly a secret to anyone at this point. After Afghanistan and Iraq, the latest instances of this American obsession manifested themselves in Libya and Syria. This tactic was readily adopted by the administration of US President Donald Trump even...

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December 23, 2017

The Most Dangerous Man on Earth

Let’s start with the universe and work our way in. Who cares? Not them because as far as we know they aren’t there. As far as we know, no one exists in our galaxy or perhaps anywhere else but us (and the other creatures on this all-too-modest planet of ours). So don’t count on any aliens out there caring what...

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December 23, 2017

Uniting, Against Trump’s Policies, for Peace

When North Korea began the Korean War with an invasion of South Korea in June 1950, the armed response was waged under the flag of the United Nations thanks to the Soviet Union having absented itself from the Security Council. The Soviets were boycotting the council to protest the fact that China’s seat had not been given to Mao Zedong’s...

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Daily Archive: December 23, 2017

Pence’s Anti-Pakistani Declaration Could Unite the “Golden Circle”

Israel’s Sunni-Shia Divide and Conquer Strategy

When Sanity Fails – the Mindset of the “Ideological Drone”

Washington’s Humiliation at UN is Sign of a Washed-Up Superpower

Trump’s Gross Hypocrisy on Yemen War

Intimidating UN Member States the Al Capone Style

The Most Dangerous Man on Earth

Uniting, Against Trump’s Policies, for Peace