Playbill
August, 2006
Though widely acclaimed for this year's Why We Fight (out on DVD), documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki felt his job wasn't done. He's back at it here with Why Are We in Iraq? "My film borrowed the title from Frank Capra's series made during World War II," he says. "Back then, when Capra asked why we fight, the answers were clear. Today we don't enjoy that national unity. Why not?" The answer is inside this issue.Artist Lara Tomlin created the suburban-wife-swap illustration...