Consider the Source

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Mar 1, 2009 Now a lot of folk will go along with the line that the Holy Father is so stupid -- so utterly out of touch with Planet Earth -- that he has no idea how disastrously his actions are received. Hmmm. Well, I wonder. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Your Handy Guide to the Right’s 11th-Hour Attacks on Obama

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2008 Thus far this election season, we've witnessed a number of scare tactics cooked up by conservatives hoping to scare the bejeezus out of voters who might even consider choosing Barack Obama over John McCain, and the fun isn't over yet. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Al-Qaida’s No. 2 Blasts Iran

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2008 Just before the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, al-Qaida has released a lengthy videotape featuring the group's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, providing updates about how the holy war is faring around the globe and laying into Iran for "cooperating with the Americans" and with the American-approved governments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush’s Holy War

Staff / Truthdig Sep 16, 2007 In this thought-provoking opinion piece from the UK's Daily Mail newspaper, writer Correlli Barnett points out how, in waging his own brand of holy war, Bush (and, by extension, former British PM Tony Blair) failed to comprehend crucial lessons about war that historical examples have repeatedly borne out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CNN’s Iraq Reporter Warns of White House Spin

Staff / Truthdig Jul 19, 2007 Could the Bush administration be invoking the ominous specter of al-Qaida -- and suggesting the extremist group is gathering strength and preparing to strike -- for political reasons? CNN's Baghdad correspondent Michael Ware says Americans should watch out for rhetorical sleight of hand from the White House concerning the current threat level and the newly unveiled National Intelligence Estimate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Friedman Jumps on the Antiwar Bandwagon

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2006 Tom Friedman, the NY Times columnist whose Mideast and Iraq war analyses formed the "conventional thinking" for centrists and lefties the world 'round, has thrown in the towel on his three-year-long support of the Iraq war: "It is now obvious that we are not midwifing democracy in Iraq We are baby-sitting a civil war" (more) . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )