Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

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Released: 
Friday, December 21, 2007
Length: 
97 minutes
Studio: 
Universal Pictures
Genre: 
Drama
Rating: 
Charlie Wilson's War is rated R by the MPAAUnder 17 requires accompanying parent or guardian.

Charlie Wilson's War Synopsis

Charlie Wilson, an alcoholic womanizer and Texas congressman, persuaded the CIA to train and arm resistance fighters in Afghanistan to fend off the Soviet Union. With the help of rogue CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, the two men supplied money, training and a team of military experts that turned the ill-equipped Afghan freedom-fighters into a force that brought the Red Army to a stalemate. However, the result also empowered the Taliban and terrorists including Osama bin Laden.

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It's fashionable today to talk about how "we" created the Taliban--our own present-day Frankenstein-Monster come back to haunt us. It's less common to hear people discuss the context in which we handed out state-of-the-art Stinger missiles to a bunch of religious fanatics. That context was...
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