Why We Fight

Documentary films are sometimes slow and dry, and when that happens the audience loses interest, then the movie is swept under the rug. The current political administration had high hopes that this would have been the resulting situation for Why We Fight, but unfortunately this movie is so stirring and has so much true information that you can't help but be drawn into it. The big question that is asked by the film is why does America engage in war? And the answer is so strong and overpowering that while you're watching the film your amazed at the situations that have been going on threw most of our lives.The examination of America's militarism, and how ideological factors with their connections to its political and economic interests have been driving the military machine since WWII. Filmed in 2005 there is a lot of footage of the early part of the Iraq war that many of us have never seen, is at times shocking, and along with personal accounts from soldiers to journalists, from government officials to innocent victims the stories are chilling but need to be heard. Hearing some of the reasoning behind conflicts from 1945 to the present is like listening to a megalomaniac and to believe that some of these people are actually running our country and military is terrifying.
When I first saw the trailer for this film and I decided right away that I had to see it, and I was so happy that I saw it when I did. There is so much eye opening information in the film that its amazing that its only an hour and thirty-five minutes, it moves along very nicely but gives you many things to think about. I'd recommend this film to anyone who is wondering about the current situation we're in, and how exactly we got there. I would also say that any American who believes in freedom should see this film, to know exactly what has been going with this country since the Eisenhower administration.