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Lynn Allen at Evergreen Politics on Charley Wilson's War

Recommending Lynn's entire post at Evergreen Politics.

"Charley Wilson's War"
See this movie  The book, written by George Crile, has stayed with me since I read it shortly after it came out in 2003.   It is an amazing story of how three individuals working together, under a president whose philosophy supported them, managed to get the U.S. entangled in a covert war.  The trailer for the movie gives me hope that it will do this story proud.  The early reviews are very good - a funny, political movie, directed by Mike Nichols and written by Aaron Sorkin.

One Congressman, one wealthy right-wing socialite, and a grizzled old CIA operative saw a way to help a plucky group of Afghani cowboy-like characters oust the Soviets from Afghanistan and deliberately weaken them.  It worked.  They were able to destabilize the Soviet Union, contributing mightily to its break-up.    

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