Charlie Wilson, the US Congressman who played a key role in supporting the Mujahideen, now known as a threat to international security, died today in his hometown Texas.
He has repeatedly expressed his sadness over the US dropping the ball in Afghanistan after the fall of the Soviet in a war that ordinary Afghans paid the price for and are still suffering as a result. But what does this concern mean? I wonder if he would have extended his support to the same people he supported about 20 years back...now that their enemy is not the enemy of the US!
It is amazing what gets recorded in history...and you might rightly ask whose history. It was millions of Afghans who lost their lives fighting the Soviet invasion, yet the documentary, Charlie Wilson's war, ends with answer to the question "Who defeated the Soviets?" with "Charlie did!"
Friday, February 12, 2010
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