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Stories by Robert Scheer

Robert Scheer is the co-author of The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq. See more of Robert Scheer at TruthDig.

Battle of the Hawks

Both McCain and Clinton have shown a dangerously cavalier attitude towards the option of a nuclear strike against Iran.
Posted on May 7, 2008

No Country for Old Men

McCain's age matters; especially if he picks his running mate from the crazy wing of the Republican Party.
Posted on Apr 30, 2008

Hillary Turns Up Heat, Threatens to 'Obliterate' Iran

Is the campaign trail the best place to ratchet up the rhetoric against Iran? Clinton thinks so.
Posted on Apr 23, 2008

The Man Who Would Be Bush

How do we explain voter support for McCain in light of the nation's widespread, bipartisan rejection of the Bush administration?
Posted on Apr 16, 2008

Petraeus's Betrayal

By undercutting the widespread support for getting out of Iraq, General Petraeus betrayed the American public.
Posted on Apr 9, 2008

Bush Administration Wastes Trillions in Worthless Weapons

The government has invested trillions in weapons that are completely useless in the fight against stateless terrorists.
Posted on Apr 3, 2008

Would God Ever Damn America?

Many religious leaders prophesy divine retribution for America's bad behavior. I wonder what we would be punished for.
Posted on Mar 26, 2008

Why is Bush Still Smiling?

Iraq is in shambles and our economy is crumbling. But at least George Bush is still in good spirits.
Posted on Mar 19, 2008

Spitzer’s Shame Is Wall Street’s Gain

Wall Street crooks cheer the downfall of the man who tried to check their criminal greed.
Posted on Mar 12, 2008

Why We Need Iran to Help Get Us out of Iraq

The folks who call America the "Great Satan" now hold the high cards.
Posted on Mar 6, 2008

What the Times Didn't Tell Us About McCain

McCain was one of the few politicians brave enough to oppose a 1996 telecom bill that opened the way for large-scale media consolidation.
Posted on Feb 27, 2008

What Does Castro's Resignation Mean for Cuba?

The Cuban people have suffered under an arrogant and idealistic revolutionary whose vision floundered on the rocks of cynical U.S. foreign policy.
Posted on Feb 20, 2008

Aboard the Condoleezza Rice

Clearly, what's good for big oil isn't good for most Americans. So why are the interests of oil companies mistaken for those of the nation?
Posted on Feb 13, 2008

Will Clinton and Obama Continue Bush's High-Priced Militarism?

Will your favorite Dem challenge the bloated military budget Bush proposed for 2009?
Posted on Feb 6, 2008

Obama, Clinton and the War

We should pay attention to Sen. Ted Kennedy's endorsement for president -- he was a rare sane voice among Dems in opposing the Iraq war.
Posted on Jan 30, 2008

Who Will Stop the Banks?

No Dem candidate will say what Kucinich would have said: Bankers will steal from the public unless the government holds them accountable.
Posted on Jan 23, 2008

Why the Saudis Hate Bush

Even Osama bin Laden and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad scored higher in a poll last month.
Posted on Jan 16, 2008

Playing the Class Card

As long as Hillary Clinton and Gloria Steinem have chosen to play the women's card against the race card, let's throw in a third one: the class card.
Posted on Jan 9, 2008

Did the Dems Know About Waterboarding?

Have Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats been keeping waterboarding a secret for years?
Posted on Dec 12, 2007

It Turns Out Ahmadinejad Was the Truthful One

Bush is either a liar or out to lunch on the most important issue he faces.
Posted on Dec 5, 2007

What a New Leader in Pakistan Will Mean for the U.S.

The U.S. government fears that Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's "president-in-exile" who just returned, will be soft on Muslim fanatics. Those fears are well founded.
Posted on Nov 28, 2007

Cheering for Ron Paul

How damning is that it takes a libertarian Republican to remind the leading Democratic candidates of the costs of the Iraq war?
Posted on Nov 21, 2007

Bush Stands By His Dictator

Bush continues to bail out Gen. Musharraf under the pretense that he's an ally in the war on terror.
Posted on Nov 14, 2007

Gen. Musharraf: Our Man in Pakistan

So General Musharraf has turned out to be just another crummy dictator, but at least he was George Bush's dictator.
Posted on Nov 7, 2007

Cashing In on Terror

What a boondoggle 9/11 has been for the merchants of war, who this week announced yet another quarter of whopping profits made possible by George Bush.
Posted on Oct 31, 2007

War Costs Spiral Out of Control

In the name of our troops, Bush demanded another $46 billion from Congress to finance the war in Iraq -- and the Democrats will probably give it to him.
Posted on Oct 24, 2007

Brilliant Soldiers' Dissent

The Iraq war has produced brilliant messages of dissent from the ranks that should cause us to stop in our tracks and reconsider what we have wrought.
Posted on Oct 17, 2007

The Martyring of Che Guevara

Let's dispel some common myths and misconceptions about Che.
Posted on Oct 10, 2007

Blackwater: The U.S.'s Trigger-Happy Guardians

Why did the U.S. State Department tolerate -- and pay to conceal -- the wanton murder of Iraqis committed by Blackwater?
Posted on Oct 3, 2007

Biden One-Ups Bush

Why is Sen. Joe Biden introducing legislation to spend $23.6 billion on armored vehicles in Iraq when President Bush only asked for $12 billion?
Posted on Sep 26, 2007

Checkbook Imperialism: The Blackwater Fiasco

Why doesn't the Iraqi government have the explicit legal power to expel or adjudicate the U.S.-contracted troops that are killing its citizens?
Posted on Sep 19, 2007

The General Lies

Once again, we have a general repeatedly promising to save Western civilization by turning the corner in yet another intractable and unnecessary foreign war.
Posted on Sep 12, 2007

Why Is Bush Smiling in Iraq Photo Ops?

The dog and pony show continues as the Democrats, wanting Bush to hang himself with his own rope, will deny him nothing.
Posted on Sep 5, 2007

A Legacy of Legitimizing Torture

The resignation of the torturer in chief was noted by his patron, the president, as an unfortunate day for American democracy.
Posted on Aug 29, 2007

The Real Iraq Progress Report

The parade of political tourists to Iraq in recent weeks probably ensures that this murderous adventure will continue well into the next presidency -- even if the Democrats win.
Posted on Aug 22, 2007

Hillary's Pro-Nuclear Stance

So what if Clinton is pro-choice and a woman if the price of proving her capacity to be commander in chief is that we end up with an American version of Margaret Thatcher.
Posted on Aug 15, 2007

The Terror America Wrought

What can we learn by recalling that the week that terrorists targeted schoolchildren in Iraq, is the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. attack on Japan that killed thousands of children?
Posted on Aug 8, 2007

Bush Keeps Israel Close, Saudi Arabia Closer

George Bush wants to sell $20 billion in high-tech military equipment to Saudi Arabia -- the source of most of the financing, and 15 of the 19 hijackers, for the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks.
Posted on Aug 1, 2007

Bush in Free Fall

As Bush’s poll numbers plummet and public support to end the war continues to build, when Bush will finally turn on the neo-conservatives who betrayed his presidential legacy?
Posted on Jul 25, 2007

King George W.: James Madison's Nightmare

In 1795, James Madison wrote of war's far-reaching and corrosive effect on public liberty. He could well have been warning us about our own King George, just the sort of imperial president that Madison and other founders of our nation feared most.
Posted on Jul 18, 2007

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