Politics

Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Torture

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 4, 2005 Condi Rice is so tired of Old Europe and its human rights complaints. Big deal, so the CIA is using Soviet era torture camps in Eastern Europe to stash "war on terror" prisoners. Don't those fusspots in the EU understand that our use of torture is fundamentally different because we are the good guys and that Eastern Europe has been liberated? That outmoded European slogan of "friends don't let friends use torture" is so over. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Congress Should Probe U.S. Propaganda in Iraqi Press

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 2, 2005 Now that the Pentagon has admitted to subverting the fragile efforts to build democracy in Iraq, will Congress begin an investigation of how this happened? The first question should be who in the Pentagon decided that he or she had the right to put words in the mouth of the Prophet Muhammad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who Will Rule After Bush’s ‘Victory’?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 2, 2005 The big winners in Iraq will be Iran's ayatollahs, sponsors of their fellow Shiite theocrats who are the main U.S. surrogates on the ground in Iraq. To make sure, they've arranged a double whammy: Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Bush Created a Theocracy in Iraq

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 2, 2005 Retracing the steps of Shiite religious leaders and parties who have come to dominate the post-invasion process. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Jack, Not Iraq, Is the Biggest Threat to Bush

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 2, 2005 Prediction: It's the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, not Iraq, that will unravel the Bush empire. Abramoff will follow the lead of his partner, Michael Scanlon, in copping a plea bargain with prosecutors, whose likely targets include Tom DeLay, many other congressional Republicans and key players in the administration. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Occupation Is Worse Than Hussein

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 1, 2005 It is time we called a halt to our mindless messing in the Iraqi people's lives. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

At Hussein’s Hearings, U.S. May Be on Trial

Juan Cole / Truthdig Nov 30, 2005 With the gravest charges facing the former Iraqi dictator, Americans are implicated either through acts of commission or omission. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

It’s War, Not Hollywood

John Crawford / Truthdig Nov 30, 2005 "Off to War" shows real soldiers and their families struggling to deal with the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )