January 12, 2018 | Astute News

Trump’s Pakistan Policy Is a Disaster

January 12, 2018

International fame, at last! Pakistan hit the headlines because it was the subject of Donald Trump’s first tweet of 2018. The country will have a small but everlasting place in history. You know Trump…

Don’t Expect Trump to Send in the Cavalry If MbS Has to Circle Wagons

January 12, 2018

Opinion

Whether or not he is a purveyor of “alternative facts”, Michael Wolff in Fire and Fury tries to get inside the mind of Donald Trump when working out Washington’s new Middle East foreign policy. In Wol…

Pakistan and Afghanistan Feel Trump’s Touch

January 12, 2018

Opinion

On January 4, the US announced that it was cutting off security assistance to Pakistan. The reason the US gave for the decision is that Pakistan is not helping the US defeat the Taliban and the Haqqan…

The Good News About the Trump Presidency: Stupid Can be Good!

January 12, 2018

Opinion

Just a few days shy of the one year since the inauguration of Donalt Trump as President of the United States I think that it would be reasonable to say that pretty much everybody, besides the Neocons …

Military Intelligence has Weaponized Democracy Worldwide

January 12, 2018

Opinion

It doesn’t matter whether it’s the US’ brand of “democracy” for export or the national-specific model of government that strengthens non-Western states, the theoretical concept behind this system has …

Another Step Toward Armageddon

January 12, 2018

Opinion

The US military/security complex has taken another step toward Armageddon. The Pentagon has prepared a nuclear posture review (NPR) that gives the OK to development of smaller “useable” nuclear weapon…

Fuming in the White House: The Bannon-Trump Implosion

January 12, 2018

Opinion

Michael Wolff is laughing, if not gloating, all his way to the bank. Money bags are singing; bank accounts are being filled. Doubts about the free publicity his work on the Trump White House would rec…

Israel Step Closer to Making Jerusalem Jewish-Only City

January 12, 2018

Opinion

The Israeli government is planning a series of measures aimed at fully denying Palestinians their legal rights in Jerusalem and precluding any future peace settlement based on sharing the city between…