WHY WE FIGHT, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the American war ... all machine, weaving unforgettable personal stories with commentary by a whose who of military and beltway insiders. Featuring John McCain, William Kristol, Chalmers Johnson, Gore Vidal, Richard Perle and others, WHY WE FIGHT launches a bipartisan inquiry into the workings of the military industrial complex and the rise of the American Empire. Inspired by Dwight Eisenhower’s legendary farewell speech (in which he coined the phrase military industrial complex), filmmaker Jarecki (THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER) surveys the scorched landscape of a half-century’s military adventures, asking how and telling why a nation of, by, and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of a system whose survival depends on a state of constant war. The film moves beyond the headlines of various American military operations to the deeper questions of why does America fight? What are the forces political, economic; ideological that drives us to fight against an ever-changing enemy? Frank Capra made a series of films during World War II called WHY WE FIGHT that explored America’s reasons for entering the war, Jarecki notes. Today, with our troops engaged in Iraq and elsewhere for reasons far less clear, I think it’s crucial to ask the questions: Why are we doing what we are doing? What is it doing to others? And what is it doing to us?
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my15minutesexcellent sift. haven't seen this one in a while.
Fred_ChopinEveryone and their mom should see this. Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
smibbohere's a slice of home-style sentiment: a different type of look at Iraqi reaction
blankfistGreat post (as always), CP.
9243It becomes obvious why Ron Paul should become president after watching this video!
Ron Paul 2008
blankfistVote hate in 2008! Oh wait. No, vote Ron Paul instead.
pragmaticksays...Probably one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. Absolutely impressive and well made. By a maker who doesn't need to stand in front of the camera and stare with dog eyes and talk pretentious BS.
calvadosseems *dead
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calvadosbut there's this:
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=3405669348838274375&q=why+we+fight&total=39388&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1
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fissionchips*dead again
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eric3579*promote
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Memorare"All Quiet on the Western Front" dramatizes some of the same issues, from a WWI point of view.
choggieepic.....watch and learn, please.....
schmawyhttp://blog.videosift.com/schmawy/Ike
jonnysorry, this is a dupe: http://www.videosift.com/video/Why-We-Fight-BBC-Storyville-US-war-machine-documentary
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