August 5, 2019 – Astute News

August 5, 2019

India’s Doing Everything That Israel Wishes It Could Do, But Few Seem to Care

India’s revocation of Kashmir’s relative “autonomy” embodies everything that its new “Israeli” ally wishes it could do to Palestine such as eliminating its separate political status and giving non-residents of the UNSC-recognized disputed territory the right to buy property there as part of its long-term plan to wage demographic warfare against the locals, yet few around the world seem to...

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August 5, 2019

Trump’s Afghan Drawdown Plans. India’s Balancing Act

Secretary of State Pompeo’s surprise announcement that President Trump ordered him to reduce the US military presence in Afghanistan before the 2020 elections immediately raised the ire of the Mainstream Media and will probably see his domestic foes’ hostile narratives to these plans being tacitly supported by India, the only country that stands to lose if this scenario materializes and...

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August 5, 2019

Pompeo ‘Happy’ to Pontificate in Tehran, Revealing US Tyranny of Arrogance

Imagine the spectacle. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sitting in Tehran and telling the Iranian people via a state media interview how “evil” their government is. No wonder tensions with Iran are reaching a flashpoint when Washington is so arrogant and delusional. Last week, Pompeo told US media he was willing to go to Iran despite the Americans having...

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August 5, 2019

Attack on Iran would be an Attack on Russia

Russia is meticulously advancing Eurasian chessboard moves that should be observed in conjunction, as Moscow proposes to the Global South an approach diametrically opposed to Western sanctions, threats and economic war. Here are three recent examples. Ten days ago, via a document officially approved by the United Nations, the Russian Foreign Ministry advanced a new concept of collective security for...

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August 5, 2019

The Bangkok Blasts Are Bad, But Aren’t Really That Big of a Deal

Terrorism should always be condemned in every one of its forms, but the latest Bangkok blasts really aren’t that big of a deal if one puts them into context, so they therefore shouldn’t trigger an overreaction. Several small bombs blew up in Bangkok this morning in what was obviously a coordinated operation designed to coincide with the ongoing ASEAN Foreign...

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August 5, 2019

Washington’s Major Push for Xinjiang

With the war of words and sanctions heating up between the US and China, Washington is getting increasingly determined to stir separatist sentiments in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the PRC. The ability to inflict real damage on its primary geopolitical competitor by turning Xinjiang into a break-away region or plunging it into chaos has transformed the matter of...

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August 5, 2019

Has Washington Joined the List of Israeli Occupied Territories?

Relations between Washington and Damascus have never been cordial, particularly after the creation of Israel in 1948 and Washington’s blanket support of the newly established state. With the election of Obama in 2008, there was a glimmer of hope for improved relations between the two capitals. Although the high expectations of improved Washington-Damascus relations did not materialize noticeably, the Obama...

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August 5, 2019

The Spectacular Failure of American Morality

Here’s a tiny observation: America developed a moral philosophy that’s utterly unique in the world, and in history. One that’s solely its own, not used anywhere else — and is fatally, weird, gruesome, and backwards, when you think about it. It goes like this. American morality says that what’s good for everyone is acting aggressively in our own self-interest.Bang! Collapse....

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Daily Archive: August 5, 2019

India’s Doing Everything That Israel Wishes It Could Do, But Few Seem to Care

Trump’s Afghan Drawdown Plans. India’s Balancing Act

Pompeo ‘Happy’ to Pontificate in Tehran, Revealing US Tyranny of Arrogance

Attack on Iran would be an Attack on Russia

The Bangkok Blasts Are Bad, But Aren’t Really That Big of a Deal

Washington’s Major Push for Xinjiang

Has Washington Joined the List of Israeli Occupied Territories?

The Spectacular Failure of American Morality