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Why We Fight

(2005)

January 20, 2005• 1h 38m
75%
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Overview

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.

Eugene Jarecki

Director

Top Billed Cast

CJ

Chalmers Johnson

Self - CIA, 1967-1973

JC

Joseph Cirincione

Self - Carnegie Endowment for Peace

GV

Gore Vidal

Self - Author, "Imperial America"

CL

Charles Lewis

Self - Center for Public Integrity

RP

Richard Perle

Self - Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Defense

WK

William Kristol

Self - Project for the New American Century

JM

John McCain

Self - Senator (R/AZ)

KA

Ken Adelman

Self

JA

John Ashcroft

Self (archive footage)

ObL

Osama bin Laden

Self (archive footage)

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