I love documentaries, but let’s face it — unless you’re just in love with the topic, most of them are as boring as watching grass grow. That’s why I’m always on the hunt for good docs that won’t cure the worst case of insomnia.

My latest find: Why We Fight.

Writer and director Eugene Jarecki, who previously brought us The Trials of Henry Kissinger, explores the complex spider web connecting our government, our massive armed forces, and the military-industrial complex.

Okay, even I admit that sounds like it could spike the bore-ometer. But trust me, it doesn’t.

A warning. Do not watch this movie if:

• You don’t want to feel manipulated over the events of 9/11.
• You don’t want to believe your patriotism has been exploited to help huge corporations make enormous profits.
• You don’t want to think your faith has been betrayed by ultra-conservatives with a world-dominating agenda.
• You don’t want to suspect the President and his administration lied about the reasons for going to war with Iraq.

The film begins with President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s famous farewell speech warning America about the danger of the growing military-industrial complex. Using the speech as a launching point, Jarecki asks a few pointed questions: How did things get to be such a mess in Iraq? How did America squader the huge cache of world support after 9/11? And the larger question: why, as a nation, have we engaged in military action abroad under every single president since Ike.

This isn’t some rehashed version of Fahrenheit 9/11. There’s no narration. Instead Jarecki uses powerful voices to tell the story, including Senator John McCain, Dan Rather, Gore Vidal, Richard Perle and William Kristol; along with ex-military and CIA insiders, weapons makers, army recruits, and rare interviews with Eisenhower’s son and granddaughter.

Simply enough, Jarecki exposes the massive military corporations that are constantly working behind the scenes to keep America fighting (and thus keep them making money). And he makes a powerful case that 9/11 was used to implement a global strategy developed by the Neo-Cons nearly a decade earlier.

Along the way we also get an explanation of Dick Cheney’s connection to Halliburton, and the inescapable connection between the military and oil. Think we need Middle East oil to fill all our SUVs? Think again! What do jets, tanks and aircraft carriers run on, after all?

Eisenhower is quoted in this movie as saying, "God help this country when somebody sits at this desk who doesn’t know as much about the military as I do." Well, guess what, folks? We’re there.