April 22, 2019 – Astute News

April 22, 2019

India Just Tried to Implicate China in a Kashmiri Hybrid War Plot

Right after speculating about a worldwide Russian-Pakistani Hybrid War plot, the Indian establishment is now talking about a supposed Chinese-Pakistani one in Kashmir, but while the intended effect of these American-influenced infowar operations is to boost the BJP’s prospects for re-election and supercharge the US-Indian Strategic Partnership after the vote, it might also inadvertently drive Russia, Pakistan, and China closer...

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April 22, 2019

Hezbollah Leader: The Possibility of a War with Israel Is Very High This Summer

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah held a private meeting this week with his top military commanders in which he warned them to prepare for a hot Summer because Israel plans to launch a surprise war against Lebanon. Sayyed Nasrallah has asked his men to share the reality of the situation and the possibility of war when briefing their men, families...

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April 22, 2019

The US Should Get Ready for King Mohammed bin Salman

Since the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, some American lawmakers have assumed the right and moral authority to dictate the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s succession line-up. In November, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) of being “crazy” and asserted that “he needs to go.” Such rhetoric...

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April 22, 2019

The Deep State vs. WikiLeaks

The Made by FBI indictment of Julian Assange does look like a dead man walking. No evidence. No documents. No surefire testimony. Just a crossfire of conditionals. But never underestimate the legalese contortionism of US government (USG) functionaries. As much as Assange may not be characterized as a journalist and publisher, the thrust of the affidavit is to accuse him of conspiring...

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April 22, 2019

Six months After it Begins, the Oligarchs/Macron versus Gilets Jaunes

This battle that the French people will win – we do not yet know when, but sure it will – is the vanguard battle of a Western world in full decline because their elites, no longer able to plunder the rest of the world as they did before, are beginning to plunder their own country in order to continue to...

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April 22, 2019

US Defeat in Syria Transforms into Campaign of Spite

The US-engineered proxy war against Syria, beginning in 2011 and the crescendo of the so-called “Arab Spring,” has ended in all but absolute defeat for Washington. Its primary goal of overthrowing the Syrian government and/or rendering the nation divided and destroyed as it has done to Libya has not only failed – but triggered a robust Russian and Iranian response...

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April 22, 2019

THAAD Missiles to Romania: NATO’s Belligerence in the Black Sea Is a Bad Sign of Things to Come

The deployment of THAAD missiles to Romania and increased naval activity in the Black Sea show that NATO intends to continue its militarization of this strategic space at the expense of Russia’s security. The Black Sea became a global flashpoint after Russia’s 2014 reunification with Crimea catapulted the region’s strategic significance to the world’s attention and drew the consternation of...

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April 22, 2019

How the US Navy Sold the Vietnam War

The US Navy was behind the massive propaganda coup in popularizing Tom Dooley and his false accounts; “But it was widely recognized within the U.S. government that these stories were false” Dr. Tom Dooley, whose best-selling book “Deliver Us From Evil” helped create a favorable climate of opinion for U.S. intervention in South Vietnam, has long been linked to legendary...

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Daily Archive: April 22, 2019

India Just Tried to Implicate China in a Kashmiri Hybrid War Plot

Hezbollah Leader: The Possibility of a War with Israel Is Very High This Summer

The US Should Get Ready for King Mohammed bin Salman

The Deep State vs. WikiLeaks

Six months After it Begins, the Oligarchs/Macron versus Gilets Jaunes

US Defeat in Syria Transforms into Campaign of Spite

THAAD Missiles to Romania: NATO’s Belligerence in the Black Sea Is a Bad Sign of Things to Come

How the US Navy Sold the Vietnam War