Why We Fight
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Movie Reviews of Why We Fight
Movie Review: Politicians, defense spending and the nuclear industrial complex
Summary: 5 Stars
The film talks about the below
1) The runaway effect and booming defense industry due to the nuclear industrial complex.
2) The entry of defense contractors such a Dick Cheney into politics.
3) The unjustified war on Iraq brought about as a result of the oppurtunity seen by the defense contractors to sell more guns and munitions.
4) Questions American domination in an attempt at American imperialism.
5) Questions why America must act as moral police for every international issue and pick a fight.
6) Cites various wars which America has been a part of.
7) States that the wars fought by USA in Iraq is an attempt to put permanent US army bases in Iraq and to have control on the oil.
8) States US wages wars with other countries to bring the place into its economic influence so that American companies can open up their markets in those regions.
9) States that US considers its world domination to be due to escalating military capability making it today the word's most powerful militaristic state.
A quite interesting documentary.
regards, Vikram
Movie Review: One of the great documentaries.
Summary: 5 Stars
Eugene Jarecki is the director of the award-winning documentary "The Trials of Henry Kissinger." His newest work is a very tightly woven essay that begins with President Eisenhower and the Cold War and helps us to understand how Eike's remonstrations against the "military industrial complex" have turned out to be quite prophetic. This is the most compelling documentary I have ever seen. Jarecki draws on archival footage, interviews with various military personnel and others from a very wide spectrum of related fields. In addition he includes statistics and historical facts that all combine to promote an even-handed and systematic exposition of the unfortunate conflict of interest in and among members of Congress, weapons manufacturers, diplomats and military brass - not to mention, of course, Mr. Cheney. One interviewee states solemnly that when war is THIS profitable to so many vested interests, we are assured that we will be involved in perpetual war.
I shall be disseminating copies of this great work to friends and family. I urge you to see this film.
Movie Review: Well done - must see documentary
Summary: 5 Stars
Great documentary on the military-industrial complex and the forces that compel us to go to war. In my opinion, this documentary did not blatantly walk along partisan lines and placed responsibility equally onto the shoulders of every administration since WWII.
There isn't any information that is necessarily new, but when it's all put together in this format, it can be overwhelming. You'll never look at the press and our nations motives the same again.
One of the most staying impressions this film left on me was the idea that we are a nation without memory - this documentary so easily pointed out how we as a nation are involved in conflict after conflict every few years with virtually the same build up and marginal success. Even I found that I had forgotten a number of conflicts from my lifetime, until they were brought up in this film again. So considering that we haven't had a "cut and dry" victory since WWII, why do we fight? This documentary gives you a good start on answering that question.
Movie Review: About much more than Iraq
Summary: 5 Stars
While this film focuses to some extent on the Iraq War, it is about something much deeper than that, of which the Iraq War is symptomatic. President Eisenhower's farewell warning about this nation and its economy becoming hostage to the military-industrial complex has come to pass. Our nation is deeply and pathologically militarized, to the point of needing war as part of its GNP. The film maker is abundantly fair to the proponents of war, letting the likes of Richard Perle and other neo-conservatives (all kinda scary true believers in triumphalistic and redemptive violence)indict themselves with their own words. Howvever, the heart of the film is a wrenching story of a retired cop in NYC who lost his son on 9/11/01 in the Twin Towers, who grieved and sought revenge, and then came to the bitter conclusion that he had been misled into a war that would do his lost son and nation no good. Very good film for a discussion group about how we extricate ourselves from the war-makers who are us.Movie Review: Thought provoking
Summary: 5 Stars
It's not about left or right, because as the movie points out at the outset, both the left and right agree. They like the military-industrial complex. Watch this movie, and marvel at how prescient Eisenhower was in 1961. This movie is high quality, riveting, entertaining, and thought provoking. I will save you the trouble of wondering whether or not to buy it for fear of partisan bias: just buy it and just watch it. This is coming from a guy who voted for Bush in 2004, whose views have shifted, but certainly not in the traditional "left-right" schism. Our aggressive foreign policy and military-industrial complex needs to be seen for what it is. This was not a partisan hack-job that certain other documentary film directors are known for. He allows differing views to be heard, in context, and doesn't shove anything down your throat. If you sincerely desire freedom, as I do, you must have a critical eye toward your own government and the military-industrial complex.