March 28, 2018 | Astute News

What Happened to the West I was Born In?!

March 28, 2018

Frankly, I am awed, amazed and even embarrassed. I was born in Switzerland, lived most of my life there, I also visited most of Europe, and I lived in the USA for over 20 years. Yet in my worst nightm…

Diplomatic Expulsions: Tit-For-Tat But No Big Deal

March 28, 2018

Opinion

The tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions between the West and Russia are correctly framed as formalizing the New Cold War, but they don’t really amount to anything of tangible significance since envoys a…

Israel’s Inside Man: How John Bolton Sabotaged US Foreign Policy in Israel’s Favour

March 28, 2018

Opinion

Last week, US President Donald Trump appointed John Bolton to replace HR McMaster as the new national security advisor. Bolton is a noted far-right ideologue who was favoured by former vice president …

Baloch Separatist Defector Exposes Europe’s Double Standards to Terrorism

March 28, 2018

Opinion

Dr. Jumma Khan Marri defected from the Baloch separatists earlier this year and has since then been exposing the double-dealing treachery of these groups and their foreign supporters. The Pakistani Em…

A Bolton From the Blue… Trump’s Scary War-Hawk Advisor is So Yesterday’s Man

March 28, 2018

Opinion

Since US President Donald Trump announced John Bolton as his new top national security advisor last week, the world has been reeling from multiple predictions of wars breaking out. The following is no…

Western Day of the Long Knives

March 28, 2018

Opinion

In mid-1934, Hitler’s night and day of the long knives, Operation Hummingbird purge, eliminated regime enemies, executing them to solidify power, Ernst Rohm the best known victim, longtime SA leader. …

Neocons Are Back with a Big War Budget and Big War Plans

March 28, 2018

Opinion

On Friday, President Trump signed the omnibus spending bill for 2018. The $1.3 trillion bill was so monstrous that it would have made the biggest spender in the Obama Administration blush. The image o…

Is Trump Assembling a War Cabinet?

March 28, 2018

Opinion

The last man standing between the U.S. and war with Iran may be a four-star general affectionately known to his Marines as "Mad Dog." Gen. James Mattis, the secretary of defense, appears to be the las…