AIPAC Works for the 1 Percent

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 5, 2012 AIPAC does not speak for Jews or for Israel. It is a mouthpiece for right-wing ideologues and defense contractors. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Ayatollah Is Right About One Thing: Nuclear Weapons Are Sinful

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 1, 2012 The supreme theocratic ruler of Iran is a dangerous madman never to be trusted with a nuclear weapon. How then to explain his recent seemingly logical and humane religious proclamations?The supreme theocratic ruler of Iran is a dangerous madman never to be trusted with a nuclear weapon. How then to explain his recent proclamations? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Israel Won’t Alert U.S. Before Any Strike on Iran, a Top Source Says

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2012 AP claims a source familiar with high-level American-Israeli discussions says Israeli officials have made it clear they will not alert the U.S. before any attack by their country on Iran. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gulf War III Isn’t an Option

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Feb 24, 2012 We've heard this quickening drumbeat before. Last time, it led to the tragic invasion and occupation of Iraq. This time, if we let the drummers provoke us into war with Iran, the consequences will likely be far worse. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Gang That Couldn’t Bomb Straight

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 23, 2012 Here we go again. With the economy showing faint signs of life, the leading Republican candidates have returned to the elixir of warmongering to once again sway the gullible masses.With the economy showing faint signs of life, the leading Republican candidates have returned to the elixir of warmongering to once again sway the gullible masses. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Iran and Israel: Only Half the Story

Barry Lando / Truthdig Feb 8, 2012 In the brief interview he gave NBC before the Super Bowl, President Obama declared, “I’ve been very clear that we’re going to do everything we can to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and creating an arms race, a nuclear arms race, in a volatile region.” Sounds like a very laudable goal, right? Except for the fact that the nuclear arms race in the Middle East is already under way. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Europe Decides Not to Play America’s Game

William Pfaff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2012 Stephen Hadley, a former official in ex-Vice President Dick Cheney's office, said in Munich that Europe must spend more if it wants to be a global player. The Europeans regard the George W. Bush administration record, and now the Obama administration's, and see the disastrous results of "global playing." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Is a Nuclear Iran Really to Be Feared?

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2012 The obsession of the American foreign policy community, as well as most American (and a good many international) politicians, by the myth of Iran's "existential" threat to Israel, brings the world steadily closer to another war in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Afghanistan Is Obama’s Gordian Knot

William Pfaff / Truthdig Sep 28, 2011 The Gordian knot by which this American project is bound is the simultaneous conflict and collaboration of the United States and nuclear Pakistan. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Deceit of Shakespearean Proportions

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 31, 2011 Behold this unctuous knave, a disgrace to his nation as few before him, yet boasting unvarnished virtue. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Hack Us and We’ll Bomb You

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2011 The Pentagon has decided to treat Internet-borne attacks on the United States as acts of war. The change is motivated in part by a brewing leet arms race with China and Russia. Essentially the U.S. is playing catch-up in what someone from the 1990s would call "cyberspace" and the military is buying time by creating, it hopes, a deterrent. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Speech Obama Should Have Given to AIPAC

BLANK May 23, 2011 Former "60 Minutes" producer Barry Lando imagines what the president might have said to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )