Obama’s Budding Cambodia Policy in Syria

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 23, 2014 Former British ambassador to the United States Sir Christopher Meyer is advocating that the U.S. and Western Europe stop advocating the overthrow of the Baath regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and instead coordinate with it to move against the so-called Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Iraq Lesson Not Learned

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Boots on the Ground

Clay Bennett / Truthdig Aug 15, 2014 Dig deeper

John McCain’s Bomb It!

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Aug 14, 2014 Even though Obama decided we should bomb Iraq and drop some humanitarian supplies to help the Yazidis, it hasn't been enough bombing for John McCain. Dig deeper

U Fix

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Intermission Accomplished

Clay Bennett / Truthdig Aug 12, 2014 Dig deeper

Airstrikes in Iraq Deja Vu

Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons Aug 11, 2014 Dig deeper

Why Is Obama Bombing Iraq, Really?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 9, 2014 The newspaper Azzaman reports that a U.S. drone hit mortar emplacements and F-18s struck artillery arrays and armored vehicles deployed by the so-called Islamic State in Kuwair east of Mosul on the way to the Kurdistan capital of Irbil, and near a major dam, some areas of which are controlled by the IS fighters. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama and Airstrikes to Protect Iraqi Kurds: 1991 Deja Vu All Over Again

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 9, 2014 During the Gulf War in early 1991, then-president George H. W. Bush called on Iraqis to rise up against Saddam Hussein and the Baath Party. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Is Russia Replacing U.S. in Iraq?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 28, 2014 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Thursday told BBC Arabic that he was buying used fighter jets from the Russian Federation and from Belorussia. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pots and Kettles

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Jun 20, 2014 Dig deeper