Why we fight

Panel discussion on the concept of war & 9/11

Monday, September 11, 2006 @ 1:40-2:45pm
Science Building-room 0209

Screening: WHY WE FIGHT
Eugene Jarecki's documentary about the anatomy of the American war machine, combining personal stories with commentary by military and political insiders.
Winner of the 2005 Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

Trailer: http://www.sonyclassics.com/whywefight/main.html

Discussions based on the documentary
“WHY WE FIGHT” concerning the military industrial-complex
and its effect on us

Faculty Panel Members:
Dr. Marie Bryd-Blake, Dr. Peter Bukalski,
Dr. Ronald Glossop, Dr. Rita Sander

Dr. Rita Sander

Very interesting discussions based on the topic of documentary.







Dr. Ronald Glossop who is the author of "Confronting war" presented us with a speech on topics of war that incited all in the audience to ponder this many times controversial topic.

Dr. Ronald Glossop










Dr. Marie-Byrd-Blake helped the audience to bring into awareness our personal biases in discussing any topic, and especially the very touchy one like 'war.'

Dr. Marie Byrd-Blake










Dr. Peter Bukalski, increased the awareness that even a documentary can be biased, even the presentation of 'facts only' in the way the facts are presented will reflect the opinions, thoughts, and biases of those who directed and cut the film. From a point of view of film specialist and film critique, Dr. Bukalski helped the audience to step back, analyze, and critique the documentary as a film production. We were able to detach of the content and look at the documentary as a piece of media.

Dr. Peter Bukalski










The excellent and very interesting discussions covered topics as: Military industrial complex, Oil & Iraq, Isolationalism, neo-imperialism, Islamic fascism and nihilism, different faces of Islam, facts and biases, stereotypes, etc.