Wow, what a great movie. My husband and I saw it this weekend. Tom Hanks plays a great congressman. I did not want this movie to end. What an interesting life Congressman Charlie Wilson led while serving this country. I loved that he called his assistants jail bait. O.K. I won't give it all away.
I was very shocked though our country gave Afghanistan all those weapons in the early 1980s. However, they wouldn't have been able to defend themselves against the Soviets had we not. The movie to me was a real eye opener.
I did watch an interview 60 minutes did with the real Charlie Wilson from March 2001. In that piece he says we wouldn't be in this war we're in today if we had stayed our time then and built schools and roads. He says this time we are going to have to stay the time. It's a very interesting interview. You should really check it out and the movie too.
I highly recommend the movie.
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