December 4, 2019 – Astute News

December 4, 2019

The Filthy Truth About America’s Fake Position on Afghanistan

America’s policy toward Afghanistan and the promise of upcoming negotiations is total fakery. We begin with a simple truth. Under American rule, a unique form of corruption, crippling every region, every economic sector, invading every institution, has left that nation not just hopeless, but in total wreckage, just like the US has done to Syria, Yemen and Iraq and would...

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December 4, 2019

US Gatecrashes Into Libyan Endgame

The United States has alleged that Russia’s presence in Libya is having an “incredibly destabilising” impact. Washington is stepping out of the shade and making way to the centre stage of the Libyan conflict. David Schenker, the State Department’s assistant secretary for near eastern affairs said Tuesday in Washington, “The United States is committed to a secure and prosperous future...

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December 4, 2019

Legitimate Questions Which Need Answers

When I wrote my recent article “Deconstructing Islamophobia” I expected a rather outraged reaction from the usual circles, but I have to admit that the actual level of outrage and even pure rage really surprised me. In fact, I never realized that hatred for, and fear of, Islam had reached such a level, especially in the USA. From time to...

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December 4, 2019

The Agony of French Foreign Policy

The « Arab Spring » as seen from Paris The foreign policies of France, once guided by the strategic vision of Charles de Gaulle, progressively gave way to the hunt by certain people for some easy money. After having first resisted US imperialism, Jacques Chirac later withdrew from the combat and mixed the affairs of state with his own personal...

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December 4, 2019

Nation Abandonment: the Catch Phrase for the 21st Century

Future historians, if they exist, will look back in amazement at the leaders of three nations in particular. The leaders – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, and US President Donald Trump – not only ignore, but criticized and question solid scientific data that the planet is in extreme environmental danger of a global catastrophe. Making matters...

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December 4, 2019

Donald Trump Was Right, NATO Should Be Obsolete

The three smartest words that Donald Trump uttered during his presidential campaign are “NATO is obsolete.” His adversary, Hillary Clinton, retorted that NATO was “the strongest military alliance in the history of the world.” Now that Trump has been in power, the White House parrots the same worn line that NATO is “the most successful Alliance in history, guaranteeing the...

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December 4, 2019

American Exceptionalism Is Killing the Planet

Ever since 2007, when I first started writing for TomDispatch, I’ve been arguing against America’s forever wars, whether in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere. Unfortunately, it’s no surprise that, despite my more than 60 articles, American blood is still being spilled in war after war across the Greater Middle East and Africa, even as foreign peoples pay a far higher price...

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December 4, 2019

Why a Second American Revolution Is Necessary for the Entire World

On November 11th, the very disturbing but clearly true “Lessons To Learn From The Coup In Bolivia” was posted to the Web. That anonymous author (a German intelligence analyst) documented the evilness of the overthrow of Evo Morales in Bolivia, and the threat now clearly posed to the world by the US regime — a spreading cancer of expansionist fascism,...

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Daily Archive: December 4, 2019

The Filthy Truth About America’s Fake Position on Afghanistan

US Gatecrashes Into Libyan Endgame

Legitimate Questions Which Need Answers

The Agony of French Foreign Policy

Nation Abandonment: the Catch Phrase for the 21st Century

Donald Trump Was Right, NATO Should Be Obsolete

American Exceptionalism Is Killing the Planet

Why a Second American Revolution Is Necessary for the Entire World