March 12, 2018 – Astute News

March 12, 2018

Africa is the Next Major Battleground for the Neoconservative War Machine

Africa is set to become a major theatre of war in the near future, as the scale of US military involvement will continue to increase on the resource-rich continent. In October of last year, the general public was given a glimpse into the degree to which US forces are operational in Africa, when four US soldiers were killed in Niger...

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March 12, 2018

Will Vietnam Turn the “Quad” into the “Quint”?

A US aircraft carrier recently docked in Vietnam for the first time since the American military withdrawal in 1975. This hitherto unprecedented move in the post-war relations between the US and the ASEAN-member state is clearly intended as a signal towards China, with whom Vietnam is involved in a contentious dispute over the South China Sea and the attendant energy...

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March 12, 2018

Pushing Vietnam Against China: Kissinger & Brzezinski in Southeast Asia

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is set to host a US aircraft carrier from the pacific fleet. The USS Carl Vinson will be docked in Vietnam, and this will send a clear message of hostility from Vietnam to the People’s Republic of China. The South China Sea has been a point of contention in recent years, as China works to...

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March 12, 2018

U.S. Army Document: US Strategy to ‘Dethrone’ Putin for Oil Pipelines Might Provoke WW3

A US Army document concedes the real interests driving US military strategy toward Russia: dominating oil pipeline routes, accessing the vast natural resources of Central Asia, and enforcing the expansion of American capitalism worldwide. The Russians are coming. They hacked our elections. They are lurking behind numerous alternative political movements and news outlets. Such is the overwhelming chorus from traditional...

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March 12, 2018

‘Short of Engaging in Combat’: UK has Al Saud’s Back in Yemen war

London was not a coincidental choice of Saudi Arabia’s new Crown Prince for his first official visit to the Western world. The UK has been deeply involved in the brutal war the Saudis are waging on Yemen. When it began three years ago this month, the then-foreign minister Philip Hammond explained that Britain’s policy was to support the war “in...

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March 12, 2018

Why Super-Rich Rush to Buy Nuclear-Proof Bunkers

The rush amongst the super-rich started after the key event of 2014; this single stunning event suddenly sparked that rush by the super-rich to buy nuclear-proof bunkers, and the rush has been nonstop since that event. Though many news-media in The West have reported on the existence of this suddenly booming market for luxurious and supposedly nuclear-proof bunkers, none has reported on...

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March 12, 2018

The Italian Job

A triumph of “populism.” A hung parliament. “Ungovernable” Italy. Berlusconi’s demise. The latest chapter in a European saga. The “end of socialist parties.” Italy’s latest elections were a roller coaster featuring plenty of thrills. Yet the top political nugget is unmistakable: Only one coalition may aspire to an absolute majority, an – unlikely – alliance between the populist Five Star...

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March 12, 2018

Western Civilization: The Final Crossroads

Overview What is “Western civilization”? Why might it end soon? What can be done to prevent that? These are the questions that face both the U.S. and Russia in the current standoff. The stakes could not be higher. Relationships between the two nations are the most important geopolitical issue, and the most volatile, facing the world today. But first, some...

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Daily Archive: March 12, 2018

Africa is the Next Major Battleground for the Neoconservative War Machine

Will Vietnam Turn the “Quad” into the “Quint”?

Pushing Vietnam Against China: Kissinger & Brzezinski in Southeast Asia

U.S. Army Document: US Strategy to ‘Dethrone’ Putin for Oil Pipelines Might Provoke WW3

‘Short of Engaging in Combat’: UK has Al Saud’s Back in Yemen war

Why Super-Rich Rush to Buy Nuclear-Proof Bunkers

The Italian Job

Western Civilization: The Final Crossroads