Wow! You really are paranoid.
then she'll just have to console herself with the fact that the movie bombed. Which anyone would have predicted, even somebody throwing all that money after megastars. Which beggars the question, why did they do it?
I think you and a few others are missing the point and are falling for the Hollywood story-line.
When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter took action by boycotting the 1980 Olympics. Woooo, that was scary.
When Ronald Reagan won the presidency, he actually started helping the little countries fight against the Soviet invasion.
Stinger Missles would not have gone to the Mujhadeen, except for the approval of Ronald Reagan.
I have not watched the movie nor the History Channell special. From what I have seen of the previews, Charlie Wilson was a womanizer and a boozing Congressman who pushed the cause for arming the Mujhadeen AT THE BEHEST of a socialite named Joanne Herring(sp?).
Somehow, I fail to see how this makes the Dems look good. Wilson was a useful idiot. He was used to further the cause of fighting tyranny. For the most part, Democrats were lock-step OPPOSSED to helping the Mujhadeen.
Wilson comes off as a guy who would sell out his principles for a romp in the hay.
Don’t forget, that as/when the Soviets collapsed, the DEMOCRATS were crying loudly for a peace dividend and were the ones pushing for reduced military spending.
Charlie Wilson didn’t win the Cold War, Ronald Reagan did.
Charlie Wilson didn’t drive the Soviets out of Afghanistan, the Muhjadeen did with the very limited help of the United States.
Charlie Wilson didn’t send the Stingers to Afghanistan, the Reagan Administration did.
Democrats only win when they revise history.