Marjorie Cohn / TruthdigFeb 2, 2016
If the candidate's foreign policy record is any guide, a Hillary Clinton presidency would perpetuate and bolster some of our most hateful national characteristics. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigNov 17, 2015
As Paris mourns its dead, critics of President Obama's caution in the fight against Islamic State are full of sound and fury But those who throw around such words as "weak" and "feckless" should tell us if they support the logical alternative: sending in tens of thousands of US troops. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 17, 2015
In light of the latest terrorist attacks in Paris, we take a look back at an interview with CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, who singled out Saudi Arabia for its role in creating radical extremism in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Eugene Robinson / TruthdigOct 20, 2015
Bad things happen on every president's watch -- also every secretary of state's -- and the proper place to lay blame is on the perpetrators. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMay 23, 2015
Nearly 500 people died in the campaign by the Islamic State group to take the Syrian city of Palmyra, including 49 who were executed before the fundamentalists reached the city center. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigMay 21, 2015
The ancient city is home to some of the world’s most beautiful and best-preserved ruins, which now may face destruction at the hand of the extremist group. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJan 4, 2015
A U.S. drone strike and air assaults by Pakistani military forces killed 38 people this weekend in tribal areas near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, official sources reported Sunday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigSep 12, 2014
President Obama marked the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the grounds of one of the hijackers' targets, the Pentagon, commemorating the occasion with rhetorical flourishes that invited Americans to see themselves as fearless and ever on the up-and-up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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