Child Insurance Gains, but a Veto Won’t Be Overridden

Staff / Truthdig Sep 26, 2007 The House has passed an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program but failed to win enough votes to override President Bush's promised veto. Still, SCHIP has overwhelming public support, and Democrats welcomed the opportunity to force Bush and his congressional allies to take a stand against poor children. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Global Consensus, Not Global Conquest

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 26, 2007 As world leaders gather this week to address the United Nations General Assembly, President Bush's refusal to negotiate on the two key issues of our day -- war and global warming -- has been stunning. And the media haven't helped. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Biden One-Ups Bush

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 26, 2007 It's not just Bushie loyalists and Republicans who are gunning for more money to be poured (out of taxpayers' pockets) into the Iraq war chest. Take Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), who is aiming to double Bush's proposed $12 billion in funding for the rapid production of mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles -- a proposition which, Scheer argues, is about much more than the security of U.S. troops. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Clinton: Not One More Penny for the War

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2007 Hillary Clinton shored up her left flank during an interview with Tim Russert, promising to vote against continued funding for the war in Iraq. Still, one must be wary of caveats such as "at the level we've seen." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ahmadinejad Pooh-Poohs Nukes and War

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2007 Before leaving for New York, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told "60 Minutes" that his nation was not going to war with the US and that the nuclear bomb had outlived its usefulness: "If it was useful, it would have prevented the downfall of the Soviet Union; if it was useful, it would resolved the problem the Americans have in Iraq The time of the bomb is passed". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ass Spanking

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The Iraqi Flag

Emad Hajjaj, Jordan Sep 23, 2007 Dig deeper

AFSC Dissects the Astronomical Cost of War

Staff / Truthdig Sep 23, 2007 How could the $720 million the U.S. is currently spending on the Iraq war each day be put to better use? Well, how about paying for the health care costs of 423,529 children? Or giving 34,904 college students four-year scholarships, or providing 6,482 families with homes? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Privatizing Murder

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Sep 20, 2007 There is no set piece more emblematic of the tragic farce that is the American involvement in Iraq than the grotesque episode of Blackwater USA and the killing of civilians in Baghdad -- at least nine and as many as 28 -- on Sunday. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Supporting the Troops, GOP-Style

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2007 Senate Republicans have successfully blocked a three-month expansion of troop leave, which the Democrats hoped would provide pressure to withdraw without cutting off funds. John McCain called the effort to give our fighting men and women 15 months off between combat deployments "dangerous." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Diplomats Confined to the Green Zone

Staff / Truthdig Sep 19, 2007 The State Department has restricted all U.S. diplomats to the Green Zone in Baghdad while it conducts a security review, presumably inspired by the suspension of its preferred mercenary bodyguards. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Checkbook Imperialism: The Blackwater Fiasco

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 18, 2007 The latest Blackwater USA scandal, in which privately contracted American security troops gunned down innocent bystanders in Baghdad, might cause the Iraqi government to finally give firms like Blackwater their marching orders -- if only it could command the power to order these mercenary operations out of the country. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )