Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 15, 2014
In the past week, Secretary of State John Kerry has marshaled support of some sort from European nations and from countries in the Middle East for the U.S. push against Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 11, 2014
President Obama’s speech launching his war on ISIS avoided the qualifications that he had earlier made, which had produced caviling inside the Beltway from politicians who confuse careless belligerency with decisiveness. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigSep 10, 2014
Al-Qaida has a thing or two to learn from ISIS about social media. Meanwhile, the efforts to squash ISIS have created some strange bedfellows. Luckily, Jon Stewart has returned from promoting his film "Rosewater" at festivals and has gotten back on "network anchor war footing" to tell us all about the new plagiarist terrorists in town. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 10, 2014
At a Monday evening dinner at the White House attended by foreign policy experts, President Obama expressed confidence that he had the authority to bomb ISIS positions in Syria. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 8, 2014
Efforts are being made in Congress to give President Barack Obama the formal authority to conduct airstrikes in Syria against ISIL. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 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 )
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