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Why We Fight
Documentary · 2005
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
The sides of Why We Fight
- Eisenhower's warning about the military-industrial complex
- A retired New York policeman who lost his son on 9/11
- Soldiers, officials and arms makers on the Iraq war
Why We Fight is good for you if…
- you want to understand how money and politics shape war.
- you want to trace America's wars from Eisenhower's farewell speech to Baghdad.
- you want the Iraq war seen from Washington and the factories.
Why We Fight is bad for you if…
- a father's grief and bombings on screen are too much for you.
- you'd rather make up your own mind than follow a film that argues one side.
About: power · war · grief
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