Afghan Court Resentences Activist

Staff / Truthdig Oct 22, 2008 Want proof that the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan has brought the democracy it promised? You won't find it in this case. An appeals court resentenced Parwez Kambakhsh, a student arrested for distributing an article on women's rights, to a mere 20 years in prison, overturning the controversial death sentence he was given last year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Saakashvili Claims Europe Invited Russian Invasion

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2008 "Unfortunately, today we are looking evil directly in the eye," an emotional Mikheil Saakashvili said Friday after he signed a cease-fire agreement to end his country's eight-day showdown with Russia. The Georgian president declared that other European nations ignored clear signs of impending conflict last spring and he hinted that trouble could also be in store for other countries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A No-No in Europe Is Just Ducky in the Mideast

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2008 John Stewart says it's the "geopolitical equivalent of the fortune cookie [plus] 'in bed' ": U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalizad (above) trashing Russia's aggression but limiting comparison to the Iraq invasion by adding a qualifier that tells us we're talking about someplace that matters to civilized people. Follow-up questions for extra credit: Is Georgia really in Europe? And how many Americans are worried right now the Russians will take Atlanta? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Investigate This

Scott Ritter / Truthdig Jun 10, 2008 As a critic of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, especially when unsubstantiated allegations of weapons of mass destruction are used to sell a war, I am no stranger to the concept of questioning authority. It's too bad more journalists can't say the same thing. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Road to Nowhere

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 11, 2008 The problem with the debate over our future course in Iraq is that the two sides are not even talking about the same things. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Timothy Snyder on the Forgotten Holocaust

Timothy Snyder / Truthdig Feb 15, 2008 One of the great crimes of the 20th century -- the mass murder of Jews in the Nazi-occupied Soviet territories -- is all but forgotten. "The Unknown Black Book" helps us remember. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

France Catches Colonial Fever

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2008 The Mosaic Intelligence Report investigates France's aggressive new push to involve itself in the Middle East. The French have signed a deal to set up a permanent military base in the Persian Gulf region, the first such facility controlled by a Western nation that isn't led by George W. Bush. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

We’ll Always Have Paris

Barry Lando / Truthdig Dec 15, 2007 For former "60 Minutes" producer Barry Lando, Moammar Gadhafi's recent visit to France raised some important questions about the West's attitudes toward tyrants. Just whom should we embrace and whom should we flatten with a bit of shock and awe? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Sane Officers Oppose Cheney

Joe Conason / Truthdig Nov 15, 2007 The Pentagon has launched a preventive strike against a target that military chiefs presumably regard as one of the most active current threats to U.S. and world security -- namely, the office of the vice president of the United States. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Deadliest Year and Counting

Staff / Truthdig Nov 8, 2007 849 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq this year, the deadliest for U.S. troops so far. While it's true that the last couple of months have seen lower casualties than has been typical this year, those numbers cannot satisfactorily be explained by a more stable Iraq or some newfound love for Americans, and it would be grotesque to call the deaths of only 38 troops in October "good news." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Before the War

Staff / Truthdig Sep 28, 2007 Joe Conason tells the story revealed by recently released transcripts of a meeting held between Spain's then-prime minister and President Bush prior to the war. As one might expect, Bush was arrogant and determined to invade, diplomacy be damned. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How to Deal With Iran

Joe Conason / Truthdig Sep 27, 2007 The loud, angry and sterile debate over the Iranian president's visit to Columbia University raises a more serious problem that has long confounded American policymakers: How to cope with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's real masters, the corrupt regime of mullahs who determine both foreign and domestic policy in Iran. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )