December 30, 2018 | Astute News

The Syrian Army Enters Manbij as Trump Follows Through on Withdrawal: Iraq Is Next

December 30, 2018

The US presidential plane landed in the darkness of the Iraqi military base of Ayn al-Assad in west Anbar with Donald Trump onboard. But by the time his plane took off three hours later, Trump left be…

Why the U.S. Threatens China — As a New Superpower

December 30, 2018

Opinion

China’s growth into the world’s second-largest economy is being evaluated by all the corporate media, reflecting debates in U.S. ruling circles and the U.S. top military command. They are forced to ad…

A Year of Forever War in Review

December 30, 2018

Opinion

Leave it to liberals to pin their hopes on the oddest things. In particular, they seemed to find post-Trump solace in the strange combination of the two-year-old Mueller investigation and the good jud…

Continued American Occupation of the Middle East Does Not Suppress Terrorism, It Causes It

December 30, 2018

Opinion

Even the neo-con warmongers’ house journal The Guardian, furious at Trump’s attempts to pull US troops out of Syria, in producing a map to illustrate its point, could only produce one single…

Mohammed bin Salman’s Awful Year

December 30, 2018

Opinion

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has had a tumultuous 2018. He has gone from being hailed a revolutionary who would bring a Saudi Arab Spring to being censured unanimously by the US…

Which Nations Are State Sponsors of Terrorism?

December 30, 2018

Opinion

On 30 December 2009, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent a cable (subsequently released to the public by wikileaks) to America’s Ambassadors in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, and Pakist…

Why Do Fundamentalist Christians Support Israel – Right or Wrong?

December 30, 2018

Opinion

It appears that many fundamentalist Christians support the hard-line policies of the Israeli Government (currently consisting of the parties Likud, United Torah Judaism, Shas, Kulanu and the Jewish Ho…

‘Israel’ Did 9/11, Not Muslims, and Anyone Who Thinks Otherwise 17 Years On Is an Idiot

December 30, 2018

Opinion

It’s been 17 years. 17 long, hard and savagely bloody years that have left tens of millions murdered, maimed and displaced in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, Syria, Yemen, occupied Palest…