Tag: charlie wilson
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charlie wilson, fmr texas rep & mujahedeen funder, dead at 76
from ap: Charlie Wilson, the fun-loving Texas congressman whose backroom dealmaking funneled millions of dollars in weapons to Afghanistan, allowing the country’s underdog mujahedeen rebels to beat back the mighty […]
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‘charlie wilson’s war’ imperialist propaganda
second thoughts on ‘charlie wilson’s war’ from chalmers johnson: When imperialist activities produce unmentionable outcomes, such as those well known to anyone paying attention to Afghanistan since about 1990, then […]
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‘charlie wilson’s war’ helped give us 9/11
‘war’ isn’t pretty, woman from news & observer: The movie pretty much cops out at the end by glossing over that Wilson’s noble, patriotic actions may have contributed to the […]