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Why We Fight (2005)
Director: Eugene Jarecki Writer: Eugene Jarecki Keywords: Documentary Title lifted from Frank Capra's films made during WWII.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Chalmers Johnson |
Author |
6-Aug-1931 |
20-Nov-2010 |
Blowback |
| Bill Kristol |
Columnist |
23-Dec-1952 |
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Editor of The Weekly Standard |
| John McCain |
Politician |
29-Aug-1936 |
25-Aug-2018 |
US Senator from Arizona |
| Richard Perle |
Government |
16-Sep-1941 |
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Prince of Darkness |
| Dan Rather |
Journalist |
31-Oct-1931 |
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Former CBS Anchorman |
| Gore Vidal |
Author |
3-Oct-1925 |
31-Jul-2012 |
Visit to a Small Planet |
REVIEWS Review by anonymous (posted on 28-Apr-2006) "Why we Fight" (2005) is an excellent
masterpiece of a documentary which gets to the root of America's
hawkish bent. The producers were espically clever to focus on the words
of the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with interview with
his son John Eisenhower and grandaughter Susan Eisenhower. The great
general who served about 35 years in uniform and served in two world
wars obviously knew what war was all about. He was right on the mark
during his 1961 farwell address when he talked about the evils of the
emerging "military industrial complex". The movie did well to at least
remain moderately balanced with interviews and frequent commentary from
Richard Pearle and William Kristol. The most moving part of the movie,
was during an interview with a woman retired Army Lieutenant Colonel
who served at the Pentagon (when it was attacked on 9/11 as well as
during the onsett of the Iraq War) who said that she did not want her
two sons to serve in today's military because they would be serving to
promote an "imperalist cause".
Review by anonymous (posted on 8-Aug-2006) I think every American citizen should see
this movie...It is thought provoking and disturbing. Most Americans
don't think about the Military Industrial Complex when the hear
politicians debating on TV why we are at war. This movie highlights the
many forces beyond the obvious that bring us to the brink of war over
and over again. or All points of view were represented,and there was
not an overall feel that the author wanted you to feel a certain way
when the movie was done. It felt more like the author wanted you to be
informed when you viewed the movie. That is how a documentry should be
done. No hidden agenda.
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