July 17, 2018 | Astute News

After Key China-Russia-Iran-Pakistan Meeting, Moscow Official Says Taliban Control 50% of Afghanistan

July 17, 2018

Mapping the Taliban Last week saw a historic meeting in Islamabad between the intelligence chiefs of China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran. While the details of the meeting were not disclosed beyond state…

Don’t Expect Much from the Helsinki Meeting

July 17, 2018

Opinion

So I know everyone is in a GET HYPE mood for this, fueled by loony interpretations ranging from THE RESISTANCE’s idea that Trump is going there to receive his annual performance review from DARK LORD …

Putin-Trump Meeting in Helsinki: Objectives Bigger Than Syria and the Middle East

July 17, 2018

Opinion

Both Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are meeting today Monday in Helsinki, Finland to discuss issues much more important than events in the Middle East. Despite its own importance, the situ…

Two Big ‘Russia! Russia!’ Stories Released Days Before Trump-Putin Summit

July 17, 2018

Opinion

I have said it before, and I will say it again, and I will keep saying it and saying it until it becomes mainstream conventional wisdom: it is the US intelligence community’s job to lie to you. In an …

Trump Is Israel’s “Useful Idiot”

July 17, 2018

Opinion

The claim made by many neoconservatives that Israel and the United States are partners in the Middle East because their strategic interests are identical is belied by the fact that the Israelis are mo…

Trump Turns to Gaza as Middle East Deal of the Century Collapses

July 17, 2018

Opinion

The Trump administration’s “Deal of the Century” for the Palestine-Israel has, predictably, gone over like a lead balloon. So it’s shifting gears. The Washington Post reports, “With President Trump’s …

“Not Enough!”

July 17, 2018

Opinion

The State of Israel has no oil wells. It has no gold mines. What has it got? It has the ownership of the remembrance of the Holocaust. That is worth a lot. Everyone who wants to clean himself from the…

Europe’s Iron Curtain: The Refugee Crisis is about to Worsen

July 17, 2018

Opinion

A recent European Council summit in Brussels was meant to articulate a united policy on the burgeoning refugees and migrant crisis. Instead, it served to highlight the bitter divisions among various E…