Why We Fight (2005)

7.5/10 98 min Documentary History

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.

Cast

Gore Vidal

Self - Author, "Imperial America"

Richard Perle

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

William Kristol

Self - Project for the New American Century

John McCain

Self - Senator (R/AZ)

John Ashcroft

Self (archive footage)

Osama bin Laden

Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Robert Byrd

Self (archive footage)

Frank Capra

Self (archive footage)

Dick Cheney

Self (archive footage)

Dennis Hastert

Self (archive footage)

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