Nick Utzig / Los Angeles Review of BooksJun 7, 2019
The soldier’s ordeal, the authors of a new book contend, offers a glimpse into the dysfunctional, unending prosecution of the longest U.S. war. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Zubeida Mustafa / TruthdigJan 11, 2019
President Donald Trump has made a bid to end the 17-year war, but he fumbled on at least one major point. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Jonathan Drew / APNov 3, 2017
President Trump calls the decision in the case of the soldier who left his post in Afghanistan a "complete and total disgrace." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Eric Ortiz / TruthdigOct 16, 2017
American journalist and former Taliban hostage Jere Van Dyk discusses the secret world of political kidnappings in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJun 11, 2014
Traitor, loser, deserter. While Fox News can't seem to find enough insults to describe Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, CNN is busy wondering whether the prisoner of war modeled his life after the fictional TV series "Homeland." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJun 10, 2014
"The Daily Show" host pokes holes in all the ridiculous Fox News arguments about prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl and his father Bob being Muslim terrorists and points out that facial hair is not evidence that someone is a terrorist. Case in point: the beardless Las Vegas shooting suspects. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigJun 10, 2014
It's hard not to be cynical after the display of rancid partisanship that greeted the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl after five years as a Taliban-held prisoner of war. The Greatest Generation would not have acted this way. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJun 9, 2014
Sen. John McCain on Sunday maintained that President Obama, in releasing the five officials who had served in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in the 1990s and until 2001, had released people who were “hard core al-Qaida who were responsible for 9/11.” Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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