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 Soviet Red Army, died Wednesday. He was 76. Wilson died at Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin after having difficulty breathing after attending a meeting in the eastern…
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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 ideological thinking kicks in. The horror story is suppressed, or reinterpreted as something benign or ridiculous (a “comedy”), or simply curtailed before the denouement becomes…
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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 9/11 attacks down the line. This was brought to full attention in Sorkin’s original draft of the script, but the real Herring reportedly threatened legal…