Permanent Disaster

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Feb 5, 2008 George W. Bush has little, if any, credibility left, but he should be taken seriously as he commits the United States to the long-term occupation of Iraq. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Dual Bombings in Baghdad Kill 64

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2008 Two separate bomb blasts claimed 64 lives in Baghdad on Friday and injured more than 100 others -- a tragic reminder of the serious and ongoing challenge of containing large-scale violence in Iraq's volatile capital city. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Goes Out With a Thud

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2008 George W. Bush, the president who lied America into a war that will end up costing trillions of dollars, scolded the Democratic-controlled Congress in his final State of the Union address on Monday for undermining "the people's trust in their government" with too many pet projects. Now that's chutzpah, coming from a man who never met a spending bill he didn't like unless it had to do with stem cells and sick children. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What They Call ‘Progress’ in Iraq

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jan 17, 2008 As America marks the first anniversary of the troop escalation in Iraq, at least one thing has become clear. Although the "surge" is failing as policy, it seems to be succeeding as propaganda. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Surge Success at a Rate of $10 a Day

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2008 Here's an interesting idea for dampening insurgent violence in Iraq: Pay the would-be troublemakers to temporarily join America's side and watch the surge success reports roll in. That's the tactic the U.S. military has employed with some 70,000 former insurgents, according to this NPR report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

House Approves War Funds

Staff / Truthdig Dec 20, 2007 The House has followed in the wake of the Senate, saying yes to $70 billion in funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Anti-war Democrats have had little success overcoming Republican filibusters and a publicity blitz meant to sell the "surge." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Circling the Wagons in Baghdad

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2007 Despite touting increased stability in the outer provinces as proof of the success of the "surge," the U.S. military is about to abandon those regions altogether. The Pentagon's new strategy for dealing with a reduction of forces in Iraq is essentially to pull back to Baghdad and hope for the best. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Giuliani Under the Microscope

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2007 In this Politico video news report, a particularly preppy host (all Capitol Hill style, no doubt) delivers the latest about Giuliani's alleged use of New York taxpayer funds to hook up with his now-wife Judith in the Hamptons -- and as it turns out, Rudy apparently hooked Judy up with her own "police driver and city car" before she was officially known as his extramarital side dish. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tentative Security Gains in Baghdad?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2007 The New York Times reports that in certain areas of Baghdad, such as the Dora neighborhood in the south of the city, residents are cautiously returning to their homes and attempting to resume some semblance of normal life by taking advantage of a recent lull in violence. How long it will last, however, remains to be seen. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Are We Fighting For?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 16, 2007 It's time that we subject the Iraq war to the same cost-benefit analysis that we are called upon to impose on other government endeavors. We are supposed to repeal or revise domestic programs that don't work. Shouldn't a troubled war policy be treated the same way? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Former Top General Calls Bush ‘Incompetent’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2007 Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the former top commander in Iraq, has issued a devastating critique of the "incompetent strategic leadership within our national leaders" in planning and executing the Iraq war, which he called a "catastrophic failure." Sanchez also warned that the president's "surge" might "stave off defeat" but will not lead to victory. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Republicans Warm to Biden’s Iraq Plan

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 2, 2007 Astonishingly, 26 Republican senators broke with President Bush's Iraq policy last week. But you may not have noticed this, and it's not your fault. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )