January 1, 2020 | Astute News

Washington Escalates Mideast War Threat with Strikes on Iraq, Syria

January 1, 2020

A wave of US airstrikes against targets in Iraq and Syria Sunday linked to elements branded by Washington as Iranian “proxies” has sharply escalated the threat of a direct military confrontation betwe…

20 Years Of Putin: His Top Domestic & Foreign Policy Successes

January 1, 2020

Opinion

Vladimir Putin assumed office as Russia's Acting President 20 years ago on 31 December, 1999, after which he speedily proceeded to transform both his country and the rest of the world in the two decad…

Saudi Placates Pakistan. What About India?

January 1, 2020

Opinion

The one-day visit to Islamabad on December 26 by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah aimed at a reset of the Saudi-Pakistani relationship. What emerges is that Saudis are goin…

The Syrian War: America’s “War on Terror” Exposed

January 1, 2020

Opinion

Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Muallem recently described the US as using the so-called “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” (ISIS) as “a scarecrow” the US uses to menace targeted nations all w…

Washington’s Iraq Catastrophe

January 1, 2020

Opinion

The Savoyard philosopher Joseph de Maistre died almost 200 years ago, having expressed many opinions, including the observation that “Every country has the government it deserves.” He was an inflexibl…

Will War Derail Trump’s Reelection?

January 1, 2020

Opinion

“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future,” Yogi Berra reminded us. But on “The McLaughlin Group,” the TV talk show on which this writer has appeared for four decades, predictions a…

Did Pompeo Go Off Reservation in Iraq Attack?

January 1, 2020

Opinion

I have to wonder who Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is actually loyal to. Because, the U.S. strike of Kata’ib Hizbullah forces near the Al Qaim border crossing with Syria in Iraq is a dangerous escala…

Book Review: Waging Peace in Vietnam

January 1, 2020

Books

One of the enduring myths connected to the Vietnam War is that the U.S. military could have won the war if the politicians and protestors back in Washington didn’t somehow handicap the generals. When …