"WHY WE FIGHT"

The documentary “Why We Fight” directed by Eugene Jareki reveals the real reason why we are at war. Since World War II the United States was the dominant country in the world. Our military force was powerful and it seemed as if no one were able to stop us according to President Eisenhower when he made his farewell speech “Despite these holocausts, America is today the strongest, the most influential, and most productive nation in the world.” (Dwight D. Eisenhower Farewell Address).

The documentary mostly focuses on the time when President Eisenhower was in office until now in which President Bush is in office. Apparently since the United States was considered to be the strongest power it was our “job” to do whatever it takes to defend our title as it. Today the United States spends more money on defense weapons then anything else, it has been clear that the United States is too concerned with power.

The war isn’t about 9/11, it is about defending the power we have. President Eisenhower had warned us right before he ended his farewell speech to avoid using too much of our “ military industrial complex”, in the film it explains how the President was trying to avoid to overuse of our military but unfortunately it has come to reality that the United States is constantly abusing power. This whole film explains many reasons, but the whole point of this work was to reveal the lies our government tell us for example the reason why we fight.

Veterans Against The War

Most veterans who have come back after serving their time at war in Iraq do not want to go back and are ashamed of what they have done over there. They state they become "monsters" they lose themselves and commanders are corrupt putting bets among each other of their kills. They formed a group called IVAW (Iraq Veterans Against War). Founded in 2004 it calls for:

U.S. to be withdrawed from Iraq.
Full Benefits and healthcare for servicemen and women.
To restructure Iraq of the damages it has suffer, leaving the Iraqi nation to control their own lives and future.

Most soldiers who are against the war say the war is full of lies and deceptions. That the Bush Adminstration planned the attack dating before September 11, 2001. They didn't allow the media into the hospitals in which soldiers were in critical condition nor let them film the caskets of the men and women coming back home. Also the U.S violated international law by attacking without the consent of the U.N. Since this is a illegal war then they have the right to refuse to serve in such war. The war is leaving the soldiers mentally ill turning them into "monsters" and paranoid of any little soundwave, not being able to sleep right etc.

Most soldiers give testimony of what goes on in Iraq they are called " Winter Soldiers". They give proof of what really goes on there and they are ordered to do horrible things.
http://www.ivaw.org/wintersoldier ( You can watch videos of Soldiers given their side of the story)



http://www.ivaw.org/

Our Money

How does the government get the budget for the war? Obviously they take our tax money and invest it in military supply, and support. Economically, society is suffering off this war, and politics gain in this war. Businesses become wealthier because government officials want them to produce their military support. So far the cost is at least $510,000,000 and keeps rising, all of that money comes from us. Instead of the money for the benefit of the country, the government has taken the money and used it to benefit themselves for "oil" making them "neo-cons" wealthy.

Its costing $4,681 per household, each individual $1,721, and $341.4 million per day. Taxpayers for the year of 2007 will pay 173.6 billion for the war and for the same amount we can provide 40,554,560 People with Health Care. We could have used it to provide the board of education with 2,260,370 elementary school teachers. We could have built and renew 142,451,458 Homes. Now you have a reason why we don't have the enough funds for a better society because of a war who is benefiting government officials and businesses. While the people suffer with loss of profit and family.

Its project that it will cost another $100 billion for 2008 if we continue to fight just creating are worldwide debt. Making us a enemy of this world, creating chaos within ourselves. WE LOSE, THEY GAIN. Who can put a stop to this? There is so much things we can use tax dollars but instead they are losing are money. We are digging into our pockets to deep already with our expenses and rising gas prices.

Think about it? Where is our money going? why are we overpaying?
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home

Soldiers Lives

Recently looking through some articles, I ran into one about are men and women who served our country and gave their life for us. I don't understand how bush can go to sleep at night when young men and women that he doesnt even know who are in a different continent fighting for his cause, and are risking their lives for him. In our opinion can we call him a murderer? Is he hated by families who those have someone serving his/her country or who died for their country.

It suprises me that most deaths of our soldiers are in a range from 18-29. It was sad for me to go through the list of names and see their cause of death, but before looking at that. I checked the age and most young men and women in their early and late 20's are casualties of war. They didn't get the chance to experience life, all of them still had their whole life ahead of them.

How can he live knowing he is making them go over to fight for whatever is his reasons and risking their lives so he can come out the winner of this "war". Our government tells us myths, and we fall for them likes flies especially our youth who are fooled by recruiters when all those ads, commercials, etc say you can be something useful and proud. They trick you into learning excellent careers but when war comes they halt everything and give you a gun and send you away, knowing you might not step back on your soil ever again. Thanks to President Bush's great ideas of this Iraqi War. He is killing our present souls and destroying this country little by little creating hatred inside our borders and around our the world.

(Click below to see all the casualties names from CNN Forces)

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/index.html

Casualties

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Its been five long years of war in Iraq for undisclosed reasons mostly to blame our government for a high number of deaths of our American Soldiers. As the count rises, its nearly up to 4,500 deaths. President Bush is still asking for more support and fleets of soldiers are still being sent back to Iraq and fight. So far there has been no draft for more soldiers, but the numbers are rising each week and soldiers are refusing to go back to war and do not care if they are put in jail for failing to report for duty. If we continue our station in Iraq we will just keep the tolls rising and marching men and women to their deaths. Perhaps within years to come we can actually have a draft and have chaos within our own borders, bringing back the old days of Vietnam. (In late march there is a movie release of a soldier who refuses to go back, basically relating to the war "Stop-Loss" directed by Kimberly Peirce).

http://www.firstshowing.net/img/stoploss-flag.jpg

This chart basically is Iraqi casualties due to violence from a timeline of 5 years. So far the count is 82,725 - 90,251. The deaths of Iraqi's are far greater then American casualties, they basically have their own little war going on do to the invasion of the United States. The toll has been low after 2003 when Iraq took heavy damage of the bombing and destruction. So far it has been many suicidal bombings and torturing civilians.

Why?

The Iraqi War began March 20, 2003. U.S, U.K coalition forces invaded Iraq along with smaller forces from other supporting countries. The "main" reason on why the invasion occurred was, Iraq was developing and posessing weapons of mass destruction that would seriously threaten the world. Also that it supported terrorist, and kept them under the radar in the country. U.N inspectors was invited to Iraq by Saddam Hussein to investigate if it was producing WMD. Inspectors found nothing to influence the war.


Bush's intelligence stated satellites found pictures military possessions underground. After the invasion Bush swore there was something suspicous. After hours of bombing, Baghdad fell into U.S control. Months of searching there was nothing of evidence or existence of any weapons. Saddam Hussien was on the run and troops were looking to find him. On Saturday December 13, Saddam was captured in the cellar of a farmhouse in the town of Adwar. After his capture he was put on trial for his past actions to the Iraqi nation. Under a new Iraqi government who were given power by the U.S, they were going to execute Saddam.

Saddam was executed in December 2006, after his execution U.S forces were still in the country. President Bush was criticized because the war started because to stop a "evil empire". First they didnt find any weapons, then they changed the title to "Iraqi Freedom". Even with that why? are we still in Iraq when, there was no weapons found, and the Saddam reign is over.
Is it to spread democracy around the world but under our shoulders like imperialist? Is it for Iraq's oil in which they are so rich in? Are we being living lies told by our government??