The film, "why We Fight" is not only a political commentary of America's "Military Industrial Complex, it also is a citizenry call to arms.  Eugene Jarecki (writer, producer, director/filmmaker of "Why We Fight") takes a look at the unseen forces--economic, social, & ideological--that has encouraged our country to back wars from the WWII era to the present.  And, although most fault our president---George W. Bush---Jarecki does state that it doesn't stop there.  This documentary informs the watcher of the unseen villains as well as those political figures that are in control at the times and dates of major skirmishes since World War II; it shows the watcher sides of the story from different people who have been affected by all the politics, most notably, people who have been involved with the military, Iraqi civilians, & military recruits.

           The watcher will meet Wilton Sekzer, a NY City cop of 35 years, whom lost a son in Tower 1 World Trade Center, whom regrets requesting a bomb named after his son; a young man, William Soloman, who enlists in the military to help economically stabilize his life after his mother's death; and, an Air Force career woman, Karen Kwiatkowski, who felt compelled to remove herself from active duty due to the inner workings of America's "Military Industrial Complex".

           Jarecki's timely documentary was inspired by the Jan. 17, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower  presidential farewell address in which Eisenhower states: "Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can be trusted to protect the country from the risk of destroying from within that which they are trying to protect from without". 

          Specifics:  Released by: Sony

                          Release Date: 01/20/2006

                          Rating: PG13

                          DVD Release Date: 06/27/2006

          Not only is Jarecki's documentary highly informative---it is also a citizenry call-to-arms warning the lay people of the United States---that if we sit idle and do not keep ourselves alert as requested in Dwight D Eisenhower's farewell address---how our idleness could ultimately lead to a disastrous fall of democracy on a much larger, global scale.

          This film is a must see for everyone: our values, our beliefs, indeed our whole way of life in the United States is at stake: we all need to begin re-acquainting ourselves in the world around us if there is ever going to be peace. 

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