He may have been the ultimate icon of 1950s conformity and postwar complacency, but Dwight D. Eisenhower was an iconoclast, visionary, and the Cassandra of the New World Order. Upon departing his presidency, Eisenhower issued a stern, cogent warning about the burgeoning "military industrial complex," foretelling with ominous clarity the state of the world in 2004 with its incestuous entanglement of political, corporate, and Defense Department interests.... (Full plot summary below)
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He may have been the ultimate icon of 1950s conformity and postwar complacency, but Dwight D. Eisenhower was an iconoclast, visionary, and the Cassandra of the New World Order. Upon departing his presidency, Eisenhower issued a stern, cogent warning about the burgeoning "military industrial complex," foretelling with ominous clarity the state of the world in 2004 with its incestuous entanglement of political, corporate, and Defense Department interests.
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| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasWhen Jarecki segues into what could be called "Why We're Fighting" -- in Iraq, that is -- his film loses much of its focus and its power. |
| Palo Alto WeeklyJeanne AufmuthA stirring anti-war doc...deciphering fifty years of military misadventure. |
| eye WEEKLYJason AndersonWhat makes Why We Fight so devastating is that it stands as a plea for reason in an age that expresses little use for it. |
| Upstage MagazineKam WilliamsU.S. imperialism exposed as a categorical imperative by this damning documentary about the Military Industrial Complex. |
| NewsdayJan StuartExtends beyond the titular question to touch on such issues as why we are hated so much and why we get it wrong so often. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordThere's probably little...that an informed citizen would not already know or at least intuit, but Jarecki stitches his information together so compellingly that his document acts as a wakeup call to a complacent nation |
| San Diego MetropolitanJean LowerisonSo what's the answer? Are we defending freedom or profits? ... See this film and judge for yourself. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterMemo to left-wing anti-Bushies: Stories like this work. Don't lecture. Tell stories! Much better! |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerThere's plenty of ammunition here for liberal conspiracy theorists, which surely will limit the audience to those already in Jarecki's political camp. Which is too bad, for it is a sobering history lesson as well as a political polemic on foreign policy and the growth of war into America's biggest business. |
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. NesbitJarecki reminds us that there is no reason to believe that U.S. supremacy is destined to last forever |
