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 )

Two Grim Assessments of Iraq’s Future

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2006 America's top envoy to Iraq: "The possibility is there" for sectarian violence to lead to civil war and all-out war in the region. A BBC reporter in Baghdad: "It gives me no pleasure today to forecast further doom and gloom here in Iraq. But, as in Iran in 1978, the facts on the street contradict the assertions of the generals, the politicians and the diplomats." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Raises Fears

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 Bush's historic deal with India will shield some Indian nuclear plants from international inspections. A proliferation expert tells the N.Y. Times that this will allow India to "amass as many nuclear weapons as it wants. This is Santa Claus negotiating." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Ascendant After Iraq War

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2006 The L Times charts how America's war in Iraq has made Iran the dominant power in the region, with a stronger nuclear program, strengthened ties to Hamas and a burgeoning core of anti-US Shiites. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Neocon Mea Culpas

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2006 Francis Fukuyama, one of the leading neocon intellectuals who argued the case for the Iraq war, admits in a blockbuster N.Y. Times Magazine essay that it is "very hard to see how [the removal of Saddam Hussein, and a few spillover benefits] justify the blood and treasure that the United States has spent." Andrew Sullivan, another leading pro-war conservative, echoes Fukuyama's comment and points out three areas where neocons were tragically wrong. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Shooting Party (a perspective from the right)

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2006 As I understand the profound concern of the ever-alert White House reporters, they smell a constitutional crisis because the shooting party failed to alert the media of the accidental shooting down in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Syriana 2’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2006 China is set to plumb Iranian oil fields in a $100-billion deal, complicating U.S. efforts to isolate Tehran and providing Iran more money to pursue its nuclear ambitions. Can someone please call Stephen Gaghan to figure this one out for us? Or maybe this is a case for Truthdig's Orville Schell, who knows a thing or two about China? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Girl Will Hang for Killing Would-Be Rapist

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2006 An 18-year-old Iranian has been sentenced to death for killing one of three men who were trying to rape her and her niece The Nation sheds light on this shocking travesty Before you work up a xenophobic rage, remember that right here in America we execute the underage and mentally retarded. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )