August 5, 2018 – Astute News

August 5, 2018

AngloZionist Attack Options Against Iran

In the past few days, the Internet has been flooded with a frankly silly rumor about the US soliciting Australia’s assistance in preparing an attack on Iran. Needless to say, that report does not explain what capabilities Australia would possess which the USA would lack, but never-mind that. Still, the report was picked up in too many places (see here,...

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August 5, 2018

Imran Khan: Pakistan Needs a Strong New Leader

The words ‘hope’ and ‘Pakistan’ do not often appear together. Pakistan, a sprawling nation of 205 million, is hard to govern, even harder to finance, and seething with tribal or religious violence and discord. But Pakistan, which for me is one of the most interesting and important nations on earth, is by far the leading nation of the Muslim world...

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August 5, 2018

Can Oman Build a Ladder for Trump to Come Down the Iranian Tree He Climbed?

The US establishment wrongly believed that it could deal with Iran as with North Korea, using a carrot and stick. Threatening diplomacy has never worked with the “Islamic Republic” since 1979 when the Shah fell and Imam Khomeini seized power. It is true that US pressure on Iran over the last months has plunged the country into a monetary crisis...

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August 5, 2018

The Bleak House of the US-Turkey Alliance

Strictly speaking, this is not the first time that Washington has imposed sanctions against Turkey. But the circumstances are entirely different, which makes the present crisis far more intractable. The US imposed an arms embargo on Turkey in 1975 followed the latter’s invasion and occupation of Northern Cyprus. Ankara retaliated by shutting down all US bases in Turkey. Nonetheless, it...

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August 5, 2018

Saudi Coalition Renews Attack on North Yemen’s Lifeline

The war on Yemen, which has been ongoing for three years, gets way too little mention in “western” media: The reason for inattention is obvious: The United States bears real responsibility for the crisis. A quote from a Yemeni doctor found in PBS reporter Jane Ferguson’s piece sums it up: “The missiles that kill us, American-made. The planes that kill...

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August 5, 2018

US Imposes Sanctions on Senior Turkish Officials

This is something unheard of. A NATO country has imposed personal sanctions on senior officials of another member of the bloc! The White House has announced that the US Treasury Department is imposing sanctions on two Turkish officials, Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gul and Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu, because of what has happened to Andrew Craig Brunson, a detained American pastor...

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August 5, 2018

Why West Fears ‘Made in China: 2025’

The Trump administration has made the Chinese industrial transformation strategy, “Made in China: 2025,” or simply China 2025 the explicit target of its current trade war offensive against the Peoples’ Republic. Western industrial leading countries, including Germany, are understandably alarmed. Only they are ten years late, and until now have foolishly refused to collaborate with China in key developments, including...

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August 5, 2018

Americans Live in a World of Lies

The US government and the presstitutes that serve it continue to lie to us about everything. Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics told us that the unemployment rate was 3.9%. How can this be when the BLS also reports that the labor force participation rate has declined for a decade throughout the length of the alleged economic recovery and there...

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Daily Archive: August 5, 2018

AngloZionist Attack Options Against Iran

Imran Khan: Pakistan Needs a Strong New Leader

Can Oman Build a Ladder for Trump to Come Down the Iranian Tree He Climbed?

The Bleak House of the US-Turkey Alliance

Saudi Coalition Renews Attack on North Yemen’s Lifeline

US Imposes Sanctions on Senior Turkish Officials

Why West Fears ‘Made in China: 2025’

Americans Live in a World of Lies