http://forthardknox.com/2007/12/23/the-real-charlie-wilson/ Politically-Conservative Web 2.0 Activists Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:14:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://forthardknox.com/2007/12/23/the-real-charlie-wilson/#comment-2317 Orlando Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:55:10 +0000 http://forthardknox.com/2007/12/23/the-real-charlie-wilson/#comment-2317 I hear you on that issue. I thought it was best to take on the Soviets that way but it didn't turn out well for America in the long wrong. Maybe a non-intervention strategy is best as Dr. Paul suggests. I've been giving it some thought lately but I'm still not sure. It sounds good but I wonder if it is practical. I hear you on that issue. I thought it was best to take on the Soviets that way but it didn’t turn out well for America in the long wrong. Maybe a non-intervention strategy is best as Dr. Paul suggests. I’ve been giving it some thought lately but I’m still not sure. It sounds good but I wonder if it is practical.

]]> http://forthardknox.com/2007/12/23/the-real-charlie-wilson/#comment-2316 tgrossner Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:51:02 +0000 http://forthardknox.com/2007/12/23/the-real-charlie-wilson/#comment-2316 I can't say. I believe I would have felt that we were doing the right thing with the Afghanis against the Soviets had I been old enough to really pay attention back then. We could perhaps learn from the past that sometimes the enemy of my enemy is NOT my friend, even one of convenience. I almost agree with Dr. Paul on this topic. :-P I can’t say. I believe I would have felt that we were doing the right thing with the Afghanis against the Soviets had I been old enough to really pay attention back then. We could perhaps learn from the past that sometimes the enemy of my enemy is NOT my friend, even one of convenience. I almost agree with Dr. Paul on this topic. :-P

]]> http://forthardknox.com/2007/12/23/the-real-charlie-wilson/#comment-2309 Orlando Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:59:21 +0000 http://forthardknox.com/2007/12/23/the-real-charlie-wilson/#comment-2309 An interesting point but true. His actions helped the Taliban get power and Osama bin Laden had a safe harbor. Did Charlie Wilson help or hurt us? An interesting point but true. His actions helped the Taliban get power and Osama bin Laden had a safe harbor. Did Charlie Wilson help or hurt us?

]]> http://forthardknox.com/2007/12/23/the-real-charlie-wilson/#comment-2290 tgrossner Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:41:53 +0000 http://forthardknox.com/2007/12/23/the-real-charlie-wilson/#comment-2290 You know, I was wondering when someone was going to pick this topic up. I have been a bit shocked that Hollywood would pick this as a subject for a movie. One could argue (not me, but someone) that the actions of Charlie Wilson paved the way for the Taliban and Al Quaeda, certainly the rise of the Mujahideen and O.S.B. But Afghanistan back then was the front for our opposing Communism and I certainly don't disagree with his actions. Who could have forseen such things as 9/11 back then? You know, I was wondering when someone was going to pick this topic up. I have been a bit shocked that Hollywood would pick this as a subject for a movie. One could argue (not me, but someone) that the actions of Charlie Wilson paved the way for the Taliban and Al Quaeda, certainly the rise of the Mujahideen and O.S.B. But Afghanistan back then was the front for our opposing Communism and I certainly don’t disagree with his actions. Who could have forseen such things as 9/11 back then?

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