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Thursday, January 19, 2006 12:00 AM

Beyond the Multiplex

In his explosive new film, "Why We Fight," Eugene Jarecki argues that America went to war in Iraq because war is what America does best.
By Andrew O'Hehir

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  • Thursday, January 19, 2006 01:14 PM

    Oliver Stone's JFK

    I'm surprised Mr. O'Hehir says he had not seen Eisenhower's "military-industrial complex" speech prior to "Why We Fight." Wasn't Eisenhower's speech the preface for Oliver Stone's "JFK"?

    For that matter, isn't the MIC and its origins part of most introductory political science courses, usually accompanying C. Wright Mills notion of the "power elite"?

    —gerontion72 Read gerontion72's other letters

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