i've been watching a lot of documentaries as a requirement of my education and this is probably the most powerful one i've seen yet, so i share it with all of you. it is a documentary on why this nation has been in a perpetual state of war and the future implications of this worsening trend. for the record it is freely distributed on google videos, but this is a high quality version:

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700 mb 1 hour 40 min

at the very least you will learn a lot about how the military-industrial complex operates today and how its influence in policy is becoming increasingly transparent to society.

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Last edited by R!CH on Dec-10-2006 at 09:32

Here's the trailer for those of you curious about it:

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"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." -Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller

And if you don't have the bandwidth or the desire to download it:

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"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." -Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller

Thanks! I'll check it out for sure.

Another good one is "Fog of War" which is a documentary / interview with Robert McNamarra. He's very honest and forthcoming answering really tough questions. It's an impressive look into the way the military industrial complex grew out of WWII and how maintaining conflict is almost essential to the US economy.

Paul