March 22, 2020 – Astute News

March 22, 2020

Iran’s IMF Request Shows Just How Desperate It’s Become

The combination of crippling American sanctions, the compliance with the aforesaid by the US’ “comprehensive global strategic partner” India (formerly one of Tehran’s top energy partners) out of fear of so-called “secondary sanctions”, the uncontrollable outbreak of COVID-19 in the Islamic Republic, and the authorities’ mismanaged response to all of this has put Iran on the brink of collapse and...

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March 22, 2020

17 Years Later: The Consequences of Invading Iraq

While the world is consumed with the terrifying coronavirus pandemic, on March 19 the Trump administration will be marking the 17th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq by ramping up the conflict there. After an Iran-aligned militia allegedly struck a U.S. base near Baghdad on March 11, the U.S. military carried out retaliatory strikes against five of the militia’s weapons factories...

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March 22, 2020

COVID-19 Global Lockdown

Let’s try a little thought experiment. Just for fun. To pass the time while we’re indefinitely locked down inside our homes, compulsively checking the Covid-19 “active cases” and “total death” count, washing our hands every twenty minutes, and attempting not to touch our faces. Before we do, though, I want to make it clear that I believe this Covid-19 thing...

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March 22, 2020

US Government Threatens Families of Int’l Criminal Court Staff If They Try Americans for War Crimes

The International Criminal Court approved an investigation into US war crimes in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded by threatening to punish family members of ICC staff. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened the family members of International Criminal Court staff, vowing that Washington will take punitive action against them if the court tries American soldiers for...

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March 22, 2020

A Tale of Two Foreign Policies: The Train-Wreck Abroad Is Bipartisan

Now that the Democratic Party has apparently succeeded in getting rid of the only two voices among its presidential candidates that actually deviated from the establishment consensus, it appears that Joe Biden will be running against Donald Trump in November. To be sure, Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard are still hanging on, but the fix was in and the Democratic...

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March 22, 2020

Coronavirus Debunks Myths of Western Liberal Ideology

“Healthcare is not a right.” This has been a favored talking point of American conservatives, Libertarians, and advocates of the free market.Roger Stark, of the Washington Times, articulated this concern saying: “If medical treatment is a right, then what exactly does that mean? Does it mean that your neighbors, through the government, are obligated to provide all health care for...

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March 22, 2020

Omens of the End? COVID-19 Not the Only Thing You should be Scared of This Spring

A palpable dread has gripped the entire planet as its wired denizens are given a non-stop drip of information on the coronavirus, to the point where there seems to be some truth in the adage ‘ignorance is bliss’. In the coronavirus-saturated news cycle, you’d be struggling to find news not connected in some way to the pandemic. The media’s feverish...

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March 22, 2020

Banks are Going to Drown in an Ocean of Defaults

On November 6, 2000, then US presidential candidate George W. Bush told a crowd of cheering supporters, “they misunderestimated me.” Now, if English is not your native language, allow me to clear the air: ‘misunderestimate’ is not a word. But then again, George W. Bush was legendary for hilarious slip-ups like this. There are entire books dedicated to his ‘Bushisms,’...

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Daily Archive: March 22, 2020

Iran’s IMF Request Shows Just How Desperate It’s Become

17 Years Later: The Consequences of Invading Iraq

COVID-19 Global Lockdown

US Government Threatens Families of Int’l Criminal Court Staff If They Try Americans for War Crimes

A Tale of Two Foreign Policies: The Train-Wreck Abroad Is Bipartisan

Coronavirus Debunks Myths of Western Liberal Ideology

Omens of the End? COVID-19 Not the Only Thing You should be Scared of This Spring

Banks are Going to Drown in an Ocean of Defaults