July 5, 2019 | Astute News

Trump Is Finished with the Afghan War

July 5, 2019

There could be several ways of interpreting the US State Department’s decision on Tuesday to designate the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, which imposes e…

Russia and Israel Are Allies? Mossad Chief Credits Russia for Contributing to Israeli-Arab “Peace Prospects”

July 5, 2019

Opinion

The head of Mossad dispelled whatever doubt may have remained among some in the Alt-Media Community about the existence of “Putinyahu’s Rusrael” when he credited “channels of communication with the Kr…

Israel Expands Strikes in Syria after Deal with Russia on Iran?

July 5, 2019

Opinion

As we’ve reported here before, the situation in Syria is heating up with HTS and related terror groups breaking out from Idlib, and Hama. The source for HTS arms and supplies is still unclear, but US …

Britain Is Stumbling to Disaster and Boris Johnson Will Accelerate Its Fall

July 5, 2019

Opinion

The future looms menacingly for the United Kingdom, and the impending disaster is entirely the making of its own politicians. The cause of the present crisis is not so much the UK’s decision to leave …

How Exactly is Israel America’s Greatest Ally and Friend in the Middle East?

July 5, 2019

Opinion

Throughout my entire life I have heard American politicians in both major political parties and an array of media pundits tell me that Israel is our greatest ally and friend in the Middle East. The th…

Russia’s Military Deal with Mali Further Encroaches on France’s Influence in West Africa

July 5, 2019

Opinion

Russia is making rapid progress in presenting a “balancing” alternative to French domination in Paris’ Françafrique “sphere of influence” in Africa after signing a military deal with the terrorist-pla…

Jingoistic Military Fetishization Is as American as Bald Eagle McNuggets

July 5, 2019

Opinion

“Putin’s America,” tweeted Anand Giridharadas, a pundit who was genetically engineered in a Monsanto laboratory to appeal to NPR listeners on every possible level. Giridharadas used these words yester…

What to the Slave Is Your Fourth of July?

July 5, 2019

Opinion

The Fourth of July is America’s Independence Day, one of the most important dates in the nation’s calendar, a day when myth and hypocrisy collide. In 1852 Frederick Douglass, the self educated former …