Eugene Jarecki on "The American Way of War: Guided Missiles, Misguided Men, and a Republic in Peril"

Monday, October 20, 2008 :Election Day is two weeks away and this year may see the one of the highest voter turnout's in U.S. history. But filmmaker and author Eugene Jarecki argues that, while voting is essential, it is not enough. He writes: "Unless we see our vote as part of a commitment to involve ourselves consistently and unrelentingly in the political process, our vote is wasted. This is because the forces that have led us to this economic, military, and political precipice exert such awesome power over the mechanics of Washington that no single candidate or group of legislators, whatever their intentions, can possibly go up against them unless armed with an irrepressible public mandate."