And, perhaps Reagan deserves the credit.
Actually Charlie Wilson was secretly advising Reagan on how to conduct foreign policy against Reagan’s thoughts.
So it was a democrat behind the great achievements of the Reagan era.
This is a weak argument, since it was much later that stinger missiles were secreted into Afghanistan around 1988. Reagan does get immense credit for going against all advice to get these USA labeled stinger missiles to the Mujahedeen at that time. This was the first time any weapons other than ancient Soviet-made were sent to the Afghans (to keep the operation covert.) The courage of Reagan cannot be overestimated.