September 2, 2019 – Astute News

September 2, 2019

Bibi in Banderastan, or the Importance of Words

Israeli Prime Minister made it to Kiev today, where he was greeted by the (pseudo) “traditional” Ukronazi slogan “Glory to the Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!”. For somebody like me who dislikes Zionism and Nazism just about the same, it was a sweet irony to see an Israeli Prime Minister officially traveling to the Nazi-occupied Ukraine to commemorate the massacre...

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September 2, 2019

Will Russian Businesses Invest In Indian-Occupied Kashmir?

India is planning to host an international investors summit in occupied Kashmir later this year that might realistically attract the attention of Russian businessmen given the comprehensive revival of relations between these two Great Powers as of late, but any stakes that Moscow establishes in this disputed region would make it an indirect party to the conflict and risk intensifying...

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September 2, 2019

Trump is Now the ‘Crazed’ Rogue Leader in the US-Iran Saga

History in the Middle East is unkind to us westerners. Just when we thought we were the good guys and the Iranians were the bad guys, here comes the ghostly, hopeless possibility of a Trump-Rouhani summit to remind us that the apparent lunatic is the US president and the rational, sane leader who is supposed to talk to him is...

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September 2, 2019

“Israel” Will Never Let Iran Build a Pipeline to Syria Unless Russia Is Involved

It’s impossible to imagine any realistic scenario where “Israel” would sit back and let its number one enemy strengthen its influence in the region unless Russia was involved as a stakeholder for keeping Iran in check. *** Iran is reportedly exploring the possibility of building a pipeline across Iraq to Syria to complement the plan that it earlier proposed for constructing...

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September 2, 2019

The Secret War on Iraq, It’s 2003 All Over Again

There is a war on Iraq, really a continuation of the war on Iraq that began in 1991 and renewed in 2003, despite the version of events fed the public. Iraq had oil, had power and if Saddam were removed, would be ruled by a Shia majority quite possibly loyal to Iran, a nation that in 1979, had overthrown a...

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September 2, 2019

How Ilhan Omar is Changing the Way Americans Talk about Israel

Almost two weeks have passed since outspoken congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib were barred from entering Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. But the conversation they helped ignite has yet to abate. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement on 15 August, much of the media’s attention fell on Tlaib being denied a visit to her ancestral home in the...

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September 2, 2019

No Surprise US Patriotism is Sinking; Americans at War with Themselves

In this hedonistic ‘Me generation’, Americans are folding up the proverbial flag and checking their patriotic impulses at the door of their diverse agendas. Does the US require a constant enemy to keep patriotism alive? Climbing down from their historic post-9/11 exuberance, when a bumper-sticker patriotism adorned every Ford and Chevy from sea to shining sea, Americans are now reporting...

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September 2, 2019

Nestlé and the Privatization of Water

Last February, the Government of Switzerland announced the creation of a Foundation in Geneva, under the name ‘Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator’ (GSDA). The purpose of this new foundation is to regulate new technologies, from drones and automatic cars to genetic engineering, which are examples mentioned by the Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis at the public launch of this initiative....

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Daily Archive: September 2, 2019

Bibi in Banderastan, or the Importance of Words

Will Russian Businesses Invest In Indian-Occupied Kashmir?

Trump is Now the ‘Crazed’ Rogue Leader in the US-Iran Saga

“Israel” Will Never Let Iran Build a Pipeline to Syria Unless Russia Is Involved

The Secret War on Iraq, It’s 2003 All Over Again

How Ilhan Omar is Changing the Way Americans Talk about Israel

No Surprise US Patriotism is Sinking; Americans at War with Themselves

Nestlé and the Privatization of Water