Whatever Happened to Ending the War?

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Mar 20, 2008 Back in 2006, the Iraq Study Group said that all U.S. combat brigades in Iraq should be out by now. They also warned that an escalation, or "surge," "would not solve the fundamental cause of violence in Iraq." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Iranians Skeptical About U.S.-Tehran Dialogue

Reese Erlich / Truthdig Dec 20, 2006 Award-winning journalist Reese Erlich discovers that everyday Iranians favor talks between America and Tehran, but most think the negotiations will amount to little more than window dressing. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Colin Powell Deflates McCain’s Iraq Strategy

Staff / Truthdig Dec 18, 2006 Colin Powell, who's been on something of a credibility campaign since that vaudevillian performance at the United Nations, took John McCain's "troop surge" Iraq strategy to task on Sunday: "Let's be clear about something else that gets a little confusing There are really no additional troops". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Top General Wants Bigger Army

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2006 Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker has testified that his force "will break" without an increase in troops and greater ability to draw on Army National Guard and Reserve units. The general cited the strain of commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he told reporters: "We would not surge [in Iraq] without a purpose. And that purpose should be measurable." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘What [Bush] Needs Is a Therapist’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2006 Appearing on "The Daily Show," Fareed Zakaria, the editor of Newsweek International, said Bush still believes his policy is working in Iraq and suggested that the president may be the last neoconservative left in power. When asked by Jon Stewart what role the president's advisors might be able to play, Zakaria responded: "Without being flippant, I think maybe what [Bush] needs is a therapist." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tony Snow Gets Busted

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2006 AlterNet caught White House press secretary Tony Snow spinning his icy heart out, only to get nailed the next day by CBS' Bob Schieffer: "I think the reason the president [has] put [announcing his new Iraq strategy] off is he just hasn't decided at this point what he wants to do, and I don't think it's any more complicated than that." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Stalls on New Strategy

Staff / Truthdig Dec 13, 2006 The president has delayed a speech announcing possible changes in his Iraq strategy because, according to White House press secretary Tony Snow, he didn't feel it was ready. Snow was careful to say that didn't mean Bush was planning last-minute changes. Does that mean an ineffective strategy should remain in place, with the death toll mounting, because the rhetoric needs work? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Durst on Bush’s Reading Habits

Staff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2006 Columnist and comedian Will Durst explores the irony of delivering a report to a president who doesn't read. Of the Iraq Study Group's 79 recommendations, Durst writes: "Unfortunately none of them involved the President and his entire Cabinet resigning, proving perhaps this study group should've studied more." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Powell: Bush Takes ISG Report to Hearth

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Feingold: Iraq Report a ‘Washington Inside Job’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2006 Sen Russ Feingold critiques the Iraq Study Group report and argues for a more holistic approach to counter-terrorism: "The Iraq Study Group essentially sees Iraq the same way that most of official Washington does -- as the be-all and end-all of our foreign and national security policy Nothing could be further from the truth". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )