September 12, 2018 | Astute News

Nepal Is Teaching India a Lesson by Keeping BIMSTEC in Check

September 12, 2018

In a modern-day geopolitical example of David versus Goliath, tiny Nepal is tacitly teaching the world’s second-most-populous country a lesson by refraining from this week’s BIMSTEC (The Bay of Bengal…

‘Resistance’ Runs Amok in the US Deep Throat War

September 12, 2018

Opinion

We now live in a psy-ops world. The latest Deep Throat War in Washington bears all the elements of an epic of the genre. Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward, who remains an associate edito…

Fighting Starts in Syria’s Idlib: US Military Considers Military Options

September 12, 2018

Opinion

Syrian UN Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari declared on Sept. 7 that his government was determined to wipe out the rebels from the Idlib province. The next day, the Idlib Dawn Operation began, encircling a t…

Target Syria, Will a New War be the October Surprise?

September 12, 2018

Opinion

It’s official. The Syrian Army assisted by Russian air support is closing in on the last major pocket of terrorists remaining in the country in the province of Idlib near Aleppo. The United States, wh…

Merkel’s Chasing a Failed Dream by Fantasizing About Bombing Syria

September 12, 2018

Opinion

Merkel is desperate to keep alive her failed dream that Germany is the world’s foremost “normative power” during the Trump Era, and she doesn’t want the Mainstream Media to portray its British and Fre…

Is Trump Going Neocon in Syria?

September 12, 2018

Opinion

Is President Donald Trump about to intervene militarily in the Syrian civil war? For that is what he and his advisers seem to be signaling. Last week, Trump said of Syrian President Bashar Assad's cam…

Why U.S. Is Siding with al-Qaeda in Syria?

September 12, 2018

Opinion

Last week, I urged the Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to stop protecting al-Qaeda in Syria by demanding that the Syrian government leave Idlib under al-Qaeda control. While it may se…

Iraq on Fire: From Kirkuk to Basra

September 12, 2018

Opinion

Reports from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk indicate that Daesh terrorists have blown up a major oil pipeline which continues to smoulder as of 14.00 Baghdad time. The battle to restore government …