Film

MAPC is showing 'Why are We in Afghanistan?' at our second general meeting in February. The presentation lasts only about 28 minutes so that should give ample time for discussion. A brief description from the website 'whyareweinafghanistan.org' is listed below.

U.S. military action in Afghanistan originated in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. That was then. This is now. Reasons for the war have become more cloudy as other factors have developed.

This film looks at domestic pressures and geo-strategic interests that keep the U.S. in the region, and the long history of U.S. foreign interventions that forms the broader context for this war.We also see today peace movement continuing another long tradition-popular resistance to war.

Why Are We in Afghanistan? is an educational resource for communities, unions, veterans and active duty military, classes, and anyone who wonders why we are in Afghanistan, and what to do about it.

Based on extensive interviews with area specialists, counterinsurgency experts, soldiers, former CIA agents, Afghans, Pakistanis, and others, this ground-breaking 75-min. documentary questions both the alleged aims and the methods of the expanding U.S. war in Afghanistan/Pakistan.

Free Screening: Documentary Film on U.S. Militarism: StratCom: "The Gun That's Still Loaded"

This one-hour documentary reveals how the Bush administration has restructured Strat Com, the U.S. military's central command structure in response to the so-called "war on terror". The film was proudced by peace activists Frances Mendenhall, Sung Hee Choi and R. Addision for Independent Television Omaha. The film examines StratCom's secretive and destabilizing mission, how it operates outside U.S. and international law,and why building global awareness about it is important to prevent nuclear war or catastrophe.