May 15, 2018 – Astute News

May 15, 2018

Dancing on the Dead: The US Embassy Opens a New Era of Bloodshed

Four days after the coronation of Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra, a banquet was due to be held for the common folk at Khodynka Field in Moscow, where each participant was to be given a bread roll, a piece of sausage, a pretzel, a gingerbread and a commemorative cup. Needless to say, word got around and hundreds of...

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May 15, 2018

Russia Is Already “Balancing” Iran in the Mideast

Russia’s predominant position in Syria & Iraqi Kurdistan places Moscow right in the middle of the misleadingly characterized “Shiite Crescent” and allows the Kremlin to “balance” Iranian influence in the Mideast better than any other country ever possibly could. It’s impossible to ignore the geopolitical reality that the “progressive” faction of Russia’s permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies (“deep state”)...

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May 15, 2018

America’s Jerusalem Embassy for Mass Murder, Occupation and Wider War

How obscenely ironic. Embassies traditionally symbolize diplomacy and peace. The opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem was occasioned by a grotesque baptism of murder of Palestinians, heralding wider war in the Middle East. Not only that, but on the very anniversary of one of the most shameful episodes of ethnic cleansing and dispossession over the past century – the...

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May 15, 2018

What Else is Washington Not Telling Us About US Participation in Yemen?

The Covert Role of the US in Yemen The recent news about Green Berets deployed along the Saudi border highlights the ever-growing U.S. role. So, what else is Washington not disclosing about the US in Yemen? The United States regime has consistently downplayed its role in Yemen while news emerges that counters this narrative. Let’s take a look at everything the...

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May 15, 2018

Who is the Vassal? Israel, the US and Iran

“If you want to understand the policy of a nation, look at the map!” Napoleon is supposed to have said. It is good advice. If you are living in Israel, these days, you get the impression that the huge State of Israel is dictating to its American vassal what to do about Iran. President Donald Trump listens and complies. Bibi...

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May 15, 2018

Is Trump Capable of Making Smart Geopolitical Moves?

Certainly kudos go to President Trump for ending a sixty-four year old standoff with North Korea, but let’s not pretend that he was in charge of the process. When news anchors mention that a deal would bring an end to the Korean War, they are referring to the possibility of a formal treaty that would end an increasingly dangerous situation...

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May 15, 2018

The Road to Hell in the Middle East

With Donald Trump’s decision to shred the Iran nuclear agreement, announced last Tuesday, it’s time for the rest of us to start thinking about what a Third Gulf War would mean. The answer, based on the last 16 years of American experience in the Greater Middle East, is that it won’t be pretty. The New York Times recently reported that...

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May 15, 2018

Trump and the Iran Deal as Viewed from the Constructivist Perspective

The Constructivist school of International Relations provides observers with an interesting explanation for why Trump pulled out of the Iran deal and allows one to better understand the weaponized soft power messages that he’s trying to propagate around the world by doing so. Constructivism is perhaps the most controversial of the three main theories of International Relations because it’s inherently...

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Daily Archive: May 15, 2018

Dancing on the Dead: The US Embassy Opens a New Era of Bloodshed

Russia Is Already “Balancing” Iran in the Mideast

America’s Jerusalem Embassy for Mass Murder, Occupation and Wider War

What Else is Washington Not Telling Us About US Participation in Yemen?

Who is the Vassal? Israel, the US and Iran

Is Trump Capable of Making Smart Geopolitical Moves?

The Road to Hell in the Middle East

Trump and the Iran Deal as Viewed from the Constructivist Perspective