Today our troops are engaged in Iraq and elsewhere. The director, Eugene Jarecki, asks the questions - Why are we doing what we are doing? What is it doing to others? And what is it doing to us?

The Northwest New Jersey Peace Fellowship will present a poignant film, "Why We Fight," on Friday, November 3, 2006 from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm at the Sparta United Methodist Church (71 Sparta Avenue, Sparta, NJ). 

Inspired by Dwight D. Eisenhower's legendary farewell speech (in which he coined the phrase "military industrial complex"), filmmaker Eugene Jarecki surveys a scorched landscape of a half-century of adventures. In this unique film, Jarecki was asking the question how - and telling why - a nation of, by, and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of a system whose survival depends on a constant state of war.  This film moves beyond the headlines of various American military operations to the deeper questions of why - why does America fight?

The Northwest New Jersey Peace Fellowship, an affiliate of New Jersey Peace Action, is a grassroots organization of concerned citizens, primarily residents of Sussex County, NJ, committed to a culture of peace, justice and nonviolence. We welcome discussion and interaction on complex topics. We are nonpartisan. We do not endorse any candidate or political party; however, we educate on candidate and party positions on issues that are important to our organization. We are nonsectarian. While we may sponsor events at local religious institutions, our organization is not affiliated with, nor supports any religious denomination.

For more information about our group, visit http://www.nwnjpeace.org/.

The organizers hope that people will attend this exciting screening event to be informed, to explore, to ask questions, and to engage in thinking about these critically important world events. All are invited and welcomed.

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