Charlie Wilson's Way And Another Bhutto's Death
by Fred Schruers
Dec 29 2007
ARTICLE FOOTNOTE REFERENCES by FlA & Co.
(1) Sorry, Charlie. This is Michael Vickers War
Washington Post by Ann Scott Tyson
December 28, 2007
(2) Shortly after the April 22, 2004 release of the book “Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times” by the late George Crile, Tom Hanks paid $1,000, 000 for the book’s movie rights. This was Crile's second book on this specific subject. His first book "My Enemy's Enemy: The Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History. The Arming of the Mujahide (published June 12, 2003), was a major failure in public interest and sales. It has no reviews on Amazon.com and only one review on Amazon.co.uk from a former Russian Airborne solider would fought in the Afghanistan war two years, 1984-85, - read * Here *.
From NYT Movie Review: Tom Hanks said he and executives at Universal Pictures fear that "Charlie Wilson's War," would be a dud when it opened. "There's people at the studio, of course, who are losing sleep over it," Mr. Hanks said, neglecting to mention that his own company acquired the project and produced the film with Universal. "There's a possibility that this movie does absolutely nothing. None whatsoever."
Translated – Tom Hanks, received his money up-front from Universal Pictures (NBC-Universal) when his group sold them a turn-key package to produce the movie. Tom didn’t take revenue points on the backend of the deal. He could care less if the movie bombs. Charlie Wilson’s War must have a helluva front-end load because it’s reported breakeven is $153.1 million before it earns a dime. This is extremely unusual for a (George Soros Shadow Party company) Participant Productions produced movie. It’s the highest of any movie they have produced since being founded. All ultra liberal Tom “Never donated a dime to a Republican” Hank’s has to make sure of is that he pays(paid) 15% of his highly inflated loot received from Universal to his Shadow Party Mob Boss, Hungarian George Soros.
(3) Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007 - New York Times Best-Sellers List, Category: Paperback Non-Fiction, #10 Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile (Grove, $14.95; $14). A chronicle, by a veteran producer for "60 Minutes," of a congressman's efforts in the 1980s to steer billions to the anti-Soviet side in Afghanistan. <> Sun., Dec. 16, 2007, the book was #3 on the Best-Seller List.
NOTE: This book belongs in the fiction (drama) section, not the non-fiction section, due to the many liberties, distortions, and flat out lies by ultra liberal Democrat author George Crile. During Crile’s life, he never donated a dime to a Republican (per public records) and refused to ever give a Republican positive credit for anything. In a CBS interview “Rep. Charlie Wilson's Cold War in Afghanistan”, “Charlie Wilson's War” book author George Crile discussed how it was Charlie, not President Ronald Reagan, that beat the Soviets in Afghanistan. Crile also refused to give conservative Republican Joanne Herring proper credit in Charlie Wilson’s War and negatively distorted a number of issues about her involvement - with more than a few flat out lies - in his book. From watching a number of Crile’s interviews about Charlie, it is obvious that George was completely obsessed with Charlie Wilson to a point that it was very strange. It’s interesting that in 1980, CBS did a documentary on the Buena Vista sex park in San Francisco, called Gay Power, Gay Politics. Its CBS producer-reporter was George Crile. Of course, all the aforementioned is only the writer’s personal opinion - and nothing more - as protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and by many other Federal and States’ laws.
(4) Socialite Joanne Herring wins War
The New York Daily News by Rush & Molloy
Wed, December 12, 2007
(5) 12.28.07: If you happened to see Charlie Wilson's War yesterday you no doubt noticed an odd historical parallel: Julia Roberts as right-wing Texas socialite (Joanne Herring) earnestly defending a sitting Pakistani president who doubles as a general and took power in a coup—and is accused of killing a Bhutto - - " [President] Zia did not kill Bhutto", Herring proclaimed. She's referring, of course, to Benazir's father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged by after being overthrown in a military coup. It's in the book too, but seeing it onscreen yesterday made everyone in the theater sit up a little straighter. - http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/7507
(6) Sex! Drugs! (And Maybe a Little War)
The New York Times by Richard Berke
December 16, 2007
- - Excellent movie review and article
Photo: A train burned by rioters in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination stands behind a billboard of the popular leader; photo by John Moore/Getty Images
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Book Review: Charlie Wilson's Betrayal
World in Conflict, by Danius Maximus
PublicGood.org - A volunteer network of researchers, analysts, and activists
- - engaged in defending democracy
June 2, 2004
The real story of the book “Charlie Wilson’s War” has been overlooked, to say the least. It is one of those remarkable books that after you have finished reading it, you know less than before you started. The entire function of the book is to make the American public less informed than ever about how we threw ourselves over the cliff of the Cold War and into the chasm of the War on Terrorism. By the time the movie version starring Tom Hanks has been through the theaters, the process of turning history into fiction will be complete.
Posted for FlAttorney by MAR
