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Why We Fight

"It Is Nowhere Written That The American Empire Goes On Forever"

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PG-13 2005 · 1h 38m
History, Documentary
Starring Chalmers Johnson · Gore Vidal · Charles Lewis
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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.

DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 27, 2006
Director
Eugene Jarecki
Producers
Julie Fischer, Alessandra Meyer, Susannah Shipman
Music
Robert Miller
Studio
Charlotte Street Films, ARTE, BBC Storyville, CBC, TV 2
Keywords
vietnam veteran war crimes war veteran prisoner of war gas attack war on freedom invasion war victim assault iraq war veteran based on true story bombing bomb attack
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Cast

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C
Chalmers Johnson
Self - CIA, 1967-1973
G
Gore Vidal
Self - Author, "Imperial America"
C
Charles Lewis
Self - Center for Public Integrity
R
Richard Perle
Self - Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Defense
W
William Kristol
Self - Project for the New American Century
J
John McCain
Self - Senator (R/AZ)
J
John Ashcroft
Self (archive footage)
O
Osama bin Laden
Self (archive footage)
G
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
G
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
R
Robert Byrd
Self (archive footage)
F
Frank Capra
Self (archive footage)
D
Dick Cheney
Self (archive footage)
D
Dennis Hastert
Self (archive footage)

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