War at the End of the Tunnel

Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria Sep 18, 2007 Dig deeper

Your Handy Guide to Emmy Censorship

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2007 Sally Field worked her Emmy acceptance speech into an (unfortunately) incoherent anti-war crescendo during Sunday night's telecast, which, like the other two muted moments showcased in this video montage by the always-hilarious Defamer team, was awkwardly squelched by hypervigilant editors at Fox. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scahill on the Blackwater Backlash

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2007 "Blackwater" author Jeremy Scahill sounds off on the security firm's recent rampage and the impunity of America's private militias. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Blasts France for Beating War Drums

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2007 Not surprisingly, Iranian officials are none too pleased with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner after he warned on Sunday that Iran's developing nuclear program constitutes cause for alarm -- and potentially for war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Crocker Sounds Alarm on Iraqi Refugees

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2007 In a terse State Department memo, US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker admonishes America's acceptance of Iraqi refugees as critically slow Crocker estimates that it would take the U nearly two years to process and admit 10,000 refugees referred for resettlement to the U. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Help With Petraeus’ Testimony

Will Durst / Truthdig Sep 17, 2007 Political comedian Will Durst provides the answers to some frequently asked (and vexing) questions about Gen. David Petraeus' testimony. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hagel Calls Bush’s Use of Petraeus Dishonest

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2007 Retiring Sen. Chuck Hagel tells Bill Maher why the president's exploitation of Gen. Petraeus is "not only a dirty trick, but it's dishonest, it's hypocritical, it's dangerous and irresponsible. The fact is, this is not Petraeus' policy, it's Bush's policy." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

France Puts On the War Paint

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2007 France's foreign minister has issued an alarming warning over Iran's nuclear program: "We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war," Bernard Kouchner said. Those are troubling words coming from a recently elected conservative French government that has tried to buddy up to the White House. It makes us wonder what he knows that we don't. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stewart Critiques Petraeus’ Performance

Staff / Truthdig Sep 13, 2007 Boy, has it ever been a tough week to be Gen. David Petraeus! First he had to face the congressional firing squad with only a flimsy array of stats to substantiate his insistent refrain, delivered in wooden monotone, that the "surge" in Iraq just might, maybe, someday, sort of work. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Iraqi View: ‘Surge’ Has Failed

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2007 The definition of "progress" in Iraq clearly depends upon whom you ask -- while the Petraeuses and Crockers of the world are claiming that the U.S. troop "surge" is (slowly) showing signs of success, a BBC/ABC/NHK poll of 2,000 Iraqis suggests quite a different story. 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 )

MoveOn.org Ad Slams ‘General Betray Us’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2007 In anticipation of Monday's face-off between Gen. Petraeus and Congress on Iraq, MoveOn.org placed a provocative ad, to say the least, in The New York Times, asking whether the general should be dubbed "General Betray Us" and accusing him of "cooking the books for the White House." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )