Tom Engelhardt on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/about/staff/1458/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-19T22:50:50+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo The Afghanistan Speech Obama Should Give (but Won’t) http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_afghan_speech_obama_should_give_but_wont_20091119/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_afghan_speech_obama_should_give_but_wont_20091119/ afghanistan, barack obama, bush, campaign, clinton, congress, election, history, iraq, media, military, money, nuclear, obama, pentagon, security, speech, terrorism, tom engelhardt, war,

President Obama will undoubtedly address the American people on whatever decision he makes about the war in Afghanistan. Every sign indicates that it will not sound like this.

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]]> 2007-09-17T21:22:00+00:00 The Withdrawal Follies http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070726_the_withdrawal_follies/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070726_the_withdrawal_follies/ media, tom engelhardt, tomgram, withdrawal, Although the concept of withdrawing American troops from Iraq has gone mainstream, the word has been repurposed by the very people opposed to such a plan.

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]]> 2007-07-26T22:23:00+00:00 Carnage From the Air http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070709_carnage_from_the_air/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070709_carnage_from_the_air/ afghanistan, air strike, casualties, civilian, collateral damage, iraq war, military, Civilian deaths as a result of ground operations (see Haditha) often evoke cries of barbarism from the media, but the killing of innocents in airstrikes is routinely characterized as “collateral damage” and a cold fact of modern warfare. Tom Engelhardt of Tomdispatch proposes that we start to speak honestly about the devastation American military operations have rained down on Afghanistan and Iraq and see “collateral damage” for what it really is: carnage.

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]]> 2007-07-09T19:04:00+00:00 The Great American Disconnect http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070610_the_great_american_disconnect/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070610_the_great_american_disconnect/ administration, bases, engelhardt, permanent, south korea, If the Bush administration is only now considering the possibility of a South Korea-style military presence in Iraq, then why has it been building permanent bases since the start of the occupation?

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