Two Views on Trump and the Israel Reality

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2017 Can Donald Trump bring peace to the Middle East? Author Yoav Litvin and Tom Dine, former head of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, examine the possibility. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Trump’s Decision to Attack Syria Increases the Risk of World War III

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Apr 10, 2017 Russia-baiting has given the president huge incentives to prove he is not Vladimir Putin's flunky and boosted the odds of a showdown between the world's two nuclear superpowers. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Basketball War

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Olbermann: Bush Either ‘Pathological Presidential Liar’ or ‘Idiot-in-Chief’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2007 Not one to mince words, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann ripped into President Bush for beating the WWIII war drums about Iran months after the gist of the NIE report on Iran was known to the White House: "It is the nightmare scenario of political science fiction: a critical juncture in our history and a president manifestly unfit to serve and, behind him in the vice presidency, an unapologetic warmonger who has long been seeing a world visible only to himself". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Report: Iran Halted Nuclear Weapons Program in  ’03

Staff / Truthdig Dec 3, 2007 A new report released by American intelligence officials profoundly contradicts President Bush's claims on the Iran nuclear threat and casts his "World War III" fear-mongering in a dubious light. The National Intelligence Estimate's declassified assessment, compiled from 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, says Iran actually halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 "in response to international pressure." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bush Warns of “WW III” If Iran Gets Nukes

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2007 Let's review these key ingredients from a White House news conference on Wednesday and see if they remind us of anything, shall we? We had: President G. W. Bush -- check! Fear-mongering about weapons that a Middle Eastern nation is allegedly developing -- check! Accusations from the Bush administration about said Middle Eastern nation lying about said weapons to the U.N. -- check! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )