Charlie Wilson War Film Analysis

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Rain Abdelaziz Professor Goldman Charlie Wilson’s war Film Charlie Wilson was an American man working in congress, that was passionate about the Afghan war against the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The film shows Wilson as a relaxed guy earlier in his days. In his congress early days Wilson lived a wild party life highlighted by hotels, strippers, and hot tubs. Even though Wilson looks like a party guy, and “good time charlie” as he is called, deep down he cares about politics, and he is also patriotic. Wilson was passionate about helping the Afghans after he saw the U.S policies as weak on Afghan. He felt strongly about helping the Afghans since they were the underdogs in the war. In the Film there are a few main characters that contribute to the Afghan cause along with Wilson. Wilson met Joanne Herring and he began to like her. Herring was a Texas socialite and millionaire, sometimes appearing as a Talk Show host. Herring was a right-wing conservative, she was very vocal to Wilson about her dislike for the communist, and her support for the brave Afghans. Herring had connections with the Pakistani Leader Zia. Herring told Charlie about the Afghan’s need for weapons to shoot down Russian helicopters. …show more content…

He teamed up with a CIA operative named Gust Avrakotos-that armed and sustained the Afghan jihad and turned Afghanistan into the Soviet Union's Vietnam. When Wilson could not get enough funding from the United States to have American-made weapons found in Afghanistan. Herring's thought of a solution that the Israelis had lots of shoulder-mounted Soviet-made anti-aircraft weapons, which they could supply to the Afghans through the back channel of Pakistan. Charlie was shocked that the Afghans and Israel could work

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