Betting on Iran

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Mar 18, 2006 . Dig deeper

Stewart Jabs Bush Over Iran Bombs Claim

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2006 Jon Stewart lays it out in technicolor: Bush had no solid backing for his claim that Iran is providing the deadly Iraqi roadside bombs. (As Truthdig also pointed out two days ago.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Powell – Nuke Club

Dwayne Powell Mar 17, 2006 Dig deeper

Iran Agrees to Talks With U.S.

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2006 An Iranian security official announced today that Iran has accepted our request to engage in a discussion of Iraq's political future It seems that the White House has turned, hat in hand, to its latest "boogeyman" to save our bacon in Iraq See Juan Cole's "Fishing for a Pretext to Squeeze Iran". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Reaffirms Preemptive War Doctrine

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2006 In an updated version of his national security strategy, the president gives no ground on the policy that led us into Iraq, and identifies Iran as being the country that poses the biggest challenge to the U.S. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Making of the Boogeyman, 2006

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2006 As part of Bush & Co.'s campaign to turn Iran into the next imminent threat, Condoleezza Rice calls Tehran a "central banker for terrorism." So, just to get this straight: Iran is the new Iraq, which was the new Afghanistan, which was the new Russia? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Top General Contradicts Bush’s Iran Bombs Claim

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2006 Remember how Bush claimed on Monday that Iran was providing many of the roadside bombs killing US troops in Iraq? Well, the U' top military commander just told the Pentagon that there is no proof for such a claim Usually it's someone opposed to Bush's policies who makes him look so foolish--not the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Truthdig's Juan Cole was all over this apparently bogus claim yesterday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush’s Fantasy of ‘Progress’ in Iraq

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 15, 2006 "If such constant mayhem is taken as a sign of progress, three years after the U.S. invasion, then Bush will surely be thrilled by what the future holds." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush Ties Iran to Iraqi Bombs

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2006 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fishing for a Pretext to Squeeze Iran

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 14, 2006 Truthdig's Middle Eastern affairs expert argues that the Iranian nuclear issue "has not reached the point of crisis, and therefore other motivations must be sought for the Bush administration's breathless rhetoric." UPDATE: Cole says that Bush's recent linking of Iran to Iraqi roadside bombs is "wholly implausible." Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

It’s Enough to Give Evildoers a Bad Name

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Mar 11, 2006 Andy takes a satirical look into the Axis of Evil and finds that its leaders occasionally enjoy a good round of trash-talking. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Threatens U.S. With ‘Harm and Pain’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 8, 2006 Tehran ratchets up the war of words with the U.S. over American-led action to bring Iran before the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions against its nuclear program. We're being threatened by the country Bush didn't invade and whose surrogates we put in power in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )