Bush Pitches ‘Return on Success’ Plan

Staff / Truthdig Sep 14, 2007 In a preview of Thursday's speech, President Bush lays out his "return on success" plan for bringing troops home (though the meaning of "success" is unclear), discusses the Iraqi government's progress (and lack thereof) in meeting its goals, and insists that "the success of a free Iraq is critical" to America's security. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraq by the Numbers with Petraeus

Staff / Truthdig Sep 11, 2007 Opening his testimony before Congress on Monday with the insistence, "I wrote this testimony myself," and adding that his Iraq progress report hadn't been vetted in advance, Gen David Petraeus trotted out figures and charts to argue that "the military objectives of the surge are, in large measure, being met". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraq Puppet Show

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‘Daily Show’: Bush Redefines Progress

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2007 George W. Bush is upset with the Democrats for wanting to withdraw from Iraq just when we've finally started to make progress. Just starting? The president has been citing "progress" in Iraq for years now, and Jon Stewart has the clips to prove it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Private Boehner Memo on Iraq Surfaces

Staff / Truthdig Jun 15, 2006 Think Progress got ahold of Majority Leader John Boehner?s confidential strategy memo for Thursday?s congressional debate on the Iraq war. Think Progress says the memo aims to "exploit," "attack" and "create a false choice." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Makin’ Good Progress

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Iraq: Three Years In

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2006 It's the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq Where do we stand? The NY Times calls the undertaking a miserable, botched fiasco Iraq's former interim prime minister calls the sectarian violence "civil war" An LA Times reporter says that Bush is working to lower expectations in Iraq Donald Rumsfeld, writing in the Washington Post, sees the occupation through rose-colored glasses A BBC reporter gives a "glass-half-full / glass-half-empty" reading, but the headline uses the word "bleak". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Progress Myth in Iraq

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Mar 9, 2006 There is now a three-year record of who has been right about what is happening in Iraq -- Rumsfeld or the media. And the score is: Press, 1,095; Rumsfeld, 0. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )