[Spok]

I saw ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ and liked it, but it’s no more history than ‘300’ was.

[Michael.SF.]

If we believe what the left and Hollywood say either:

The Reagan Administration was responsible for arming resistance to the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, which then lead to the rise of Osama Bin Laden and, by extension, to 9/11. This policy was a colossal failure not because of some short term successes, but because it did not foresee the long term disasters that it was responsible for.

or:

The Reagan administration failed to do anything to relieve the plight of the poor in Afghanistan who were being murdered, without resistance, by the Soviet Union. If it had not been for the heroic escapades of one alcoholic, drug using, strip club aficionado who wanted to have sex with Julia Roberts, nothing would have been done to save millions of people.

As usual the truth is to be found elsewhere.

[Bender2]

Re: I saw ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ and liked it, but it’s no more history than ‘300’ was.

And Charlie's Angels Office Staff... was GREAT! Jailbait stole my heart--

[Terpfen]

300 was the modern equivalent of a mythical retelling of a real event.

Approach it that way and it’s much more enjoyable.