Why We Fight

7.5

98 minutes

1/20/2005

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 List

Chalmers Johnson
as Self - CIA, 1967-1973
Joseph Cirincione
as Self - Carnegie Endowment for Peace
Gore Vidal
as Self - Author, "Imperial America"
Charles Lewis
as Self - Center for Public Integrity
Richard Perle
as Self - Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Defense
William Kristol
as Self - Project for the New American Century
John McCain
as Self - Senator (R/AZ)
Ken Adelman
as Self
John Ashcroft
as Self (archive footage)
Osama Bin Laden
as Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
as Self (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Byrd
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra
as Self (archive footage)
Dick Cheney
as Self (archive footage)