>>There are some hard men in Tel Aviv. Sometimes American politicians whose idea of a "tough fight" is a nasty floor vote forget that "national security" isn't just a campaign issue to the Israelis. They had their 911 a long time ago.
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>Have you seen "Charlie Wilson's War"? I watched it from Netflix over the weekend and was pleasantly surprised. Not a great movie but better than I expected. Anyway, if you saw it, how would you gauge the realism level?
50%. That is, they missed the whole first half... mr. Wilson pushed it from 5 million up. But, how did it start?
http://emperors-clothes.com/interviews/brz.htmThat part, the prequel, is just not there. The "we'll support these guys just to spoil the Soviets".
P.s. Plural of "tom hanks" is "toms hank".