Why We Fight

News Type: Other — Seeded on Sat Dec 2, 2006 9:36 AM EST

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world-news, us, iraq, video, usa, documentary, military-industrial-complex, militarism, eugene-jarecki

This is a re-seed, but I don't think Eugene Jarecki's award-winning documentary about the Iraq war and the US military industrial complex has received the attention it deserves.

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Keld Bach

Related: Exposing the war machine | Why We Fight (avi, 691 MB) |

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#1 - Sat Dec 2, 2006 9:41 AM EST

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Dwight Overturf

Thank you, my Friend. Wonder how you make something required viewing by our government leadership?

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1 vote

#2 - Sat Dec 2, 2006 11:00 AM EST

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Keld Bach

That's a good question, Dwight. I don't think you can, but hopefully, some of them might read Newsvine once in a while ;-)

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2 votes

#2.1 - Sat Dec 2, 2006 11:07 AM EST

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I SPY

Like this.

This Abu Ghraib Video should be compulsory too link

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2 votes

#2.2 - Sat Dec 2, 2006 11:22 AM EST

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Schwab

Old News. And while I think this documentary had an important message, I also think it was poorly done. I would recommend BBC's The Power of Nightmares instead.

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3 votes

#3 - Sat Dec 2, 2006 6:26 PM EST

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I SPY

The power of nightmares is an excellent doco, saw it last week.

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2 votes

#3.1 - Sat Dec 2, 2006 11:58 PM EST

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rdaugherty

Oh the serendipity...
I have just this morning watched Why We Fight. It is a fine documentary. I really liked the eisenhower era knowledge of how the miliary-industrial complex was spawned and the huge amount of resources (worldwide) poured into it 1948 - 52.

This type of seed is exactly why I love reading the 'vine, and I recommend the film to everyone. US conflict to force diplomactic change is an extremely dangerous precedent. The world needs to see more information sources/media asking the questions this film does. The US needs political reforms and a congress willing to flex its muscle.

Keep posting/seeding Keld, I very much enjoy reading your stuff.

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2 votes

#4 - Sun Dec 3, 2006 1:53 PM EST

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Keld Bach

Thank you very much, rdaugherty.

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1 vote

#4.1 - Sun Dec 3, 2006 2:04 PM EST

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