I have problems with this film because of the half truth and clear agenda of the movie. Gore Vidal said the Japanes wanted to surrender before the dropping of the A bombs during WWII. It was President Truman who went ahead with it to demonstrate Americas power to the USSR. The truth was some Japanese civilians wanted peace but the military commanders did not. It wasn't until the combined effort of two A bombs and the invasion of Manchuria(by the USSR) that the Japanes military finally gave up(and some still wanted to continue). I have studied history from the Japanese side of the war and feel I know something about this subject. My point is if the film can't even get this right how factual is the rest of it? Did Bush sell the American public the war in Iraq? Yes, but this selling of wars has been going for a long time...the Spanish-American war, Mexican-American war, the Indian wars all long before the evil military industrial complex showed up. Had the film been 100% truthful it could have been something to build on. Is the military industrial complex something to worry about? Yes, but the film turned into a Bush bash and America is an evil empire campaign! I was hoping to find out more about the military industrial complex, but instead was treated to the story about the VP and Halaburton. I know about this, its old news. Then they had to show dead civilian Iraqis to create more anti-Bush and anti-American feelings. Never did they show dead Iraqi soldiers, or blown up Iraqi tanks or aircraft not one. Propaganda works best when you take the truth, twist it, ignore some of it and invent the rest. Why we fight? For the truth!
Review of Why We Fight
