Why We Fight Review
A film which begins with Dwight Eisenhower’s famous quote warning the American people about the dangers of what he called the “Military Industrial Complex” you know it would be pretty damn relevant. Although the film starts off with his quote, the focus of the film was not 1961. The film shows how his fears came to fruiition and has reached its heights today. For many people who watch political films and documentaries or listen to lefty radio, it will not come as a surprise to them. Although the details which are presented will make you think. For example they make the point that three quarters of a trillion dollars is enough motivation to constantly stay engaged in one military conflict or another. The bottom line is the bottom line.
All the technology and the weaponry that will take a few years to
develop won’t be ready to be used in our current conflict areas. So
obviously this means that there must be future wars in which these new
weapons will be made use of on the battlefield (if such a concept even
exists in the modern world). These weapons won’t be replaced with new
ones till these become obsolete. People who are getting paid will be
used to getting paid. Defense contracts can’t be a short term thing for
them. Its sad to see so many people in the technology sector
(including Muslims) chasing that “911 money”. I’m coining that term,
all rights reserved.
I also recently saw Jarhead which sucked, but did a decent job of showing how soldiers think. I wonder if soldiers would like to watch a film which breaks down why they really get sent all over the world. You can imagine that most wouldn’t want to know because knowing would make their lives really difficult.
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