Death & Destruction Inc.

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Apr 23, 2015 Welcome to another sales seminar at Death & Destruction Inc. Your mission: Sell! Any questions? Watch this handy animated webinar for answers to all your death-related defense industry queries. Dig deeper

Behold the Cyborg Spy Bugs of the Future

Staff / Truthdig Nov 25, 2011 As if our current surveillance society wasn't creepy enough, the wave of the spying future may come on the backs of creepy-crawlies. No joke -- in tiny beetle "backpacks" or perhaps hitched around their wing muscles. Read it and get skeeved out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s Reset: Arab Spring or Same Old Thing?

Nick Turse / Truthdig May 18, 2011 If you follow the words, one Middle East comes into view; if you follow the weapons, quite another. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

A War of Absurdity

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 7, 2009 There is no indication that any of the contending forces in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, are interested in bringing al-Qaida back. On the contrary, all the available evidence indicates that the Arab fighters are unwelcome and that it is their isolation from their former patrons that has led to their demise. There is no indication that any of the contending forces in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, are interested in bringing al-Qaida back. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Takes Aim at Defense Industry, Pork-Loving Politicians

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2009 Elements of the U.S. defense industry have yet to join the rest of the country in the post-Cold-War reality, according to President Obama, who also gave legislators who capitalize on the defense budget for self-serving reasons a verbal spanking as he addressed an audience of veterans in Phoenix on Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Disease of Permanent War

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 18, 2009 The embrace by any society of permanent war is a parasite that devours the heart and soul of a nation. Permanent war extinguishes liberal, democratic movements. It turns culture into nationalist cant. It degrades and corrupts education and the media, and wrecks the economy. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Bush Budget Delivers the Bacon

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 7, 2007 President Bush's outrageous military budget has nothing do with fighting terrorism but everything to do with pumping up the profits of the administration's generous political donors in the defense industry. So, the question is: Will the Democrats have the guts to stop this betrayal of the public trust? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )