http://billyliggett.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/movie-review-charlie-wilsons-war/ Things that I know that I know Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:44:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://billyliggett.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/movie-review-charlie-wilsons-war/#comment-2416 Bradford Jackson Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:02:35 +0000 http://billyliggett.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/movie-review-charlie-wilsons-war/#comment-2416 What you might have missed was that Charlie Wilson was a Naval Academy graduate (Annapolis), I think class of 56, that little time period between Korea and Vietnam. So he was present when the cold war started and got colder, watched as Russia supplied the North Vietnamese to kill American soldiers, and had a realistic view of the lengths a totalitarian dictatorship would go to in order to destroy a democracy. Charlie Wilson was in the right place at the right time, with the military training to understand that Afganistan could be Russia's Vietnam, if the Afgan's had some weapons. So we supplied them with Barrett 50 cal. sniper rifles and most importantly, Stinger missles. Once the helicopters started dropping, the Soviets lost their air cover, and became vulnerable. I rate this movie 5 out of 5. What you might have missed was that Charlie Wilson was a Naval Academy graduate (Annapolis), I think class of 56, that little time period between Korea and Vietnam. So he was present when the cold war started and got colder, watched as Russia supplied the North Vietnamese to kill American soldiers, and had a realistic view of the lengths a totalitarian dictatorship would go to in order to destroy a democracy. Charlie Wilson was in the right place at the right time, with the military training to understand that Afganistan could be Russia’s Vietnam, if the Afgan’s had some weapons. So we supplied them with Barrett 50 cal. sniper rifles and most importantly, Stinger missles. Once the helicopters started dropping, the Soviets lost their air cover, and became vulnerable. I rate this movie 5 out of 5.

]]> http://billyliggett.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/movie-review-charlie-wilsons-war/#comment-774 Peggy Holshouser Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:42:06 +0000 http://billyliggett.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/movie-review-charlie-wilsons-war/#comment-774 I enjoyed Tom Hanks, I expected more from Julia Roberts, just because I like all her movies. The story line was difficult to follow, this is the sort of movie, I need to see twice. I feel they could have done without the "f" word and got their point across just as well. I enjoyed Tom Hanks, I expected more from Julia Roberts, just because I like all her movies. The story line was difficult to follow, this is the sort of movie, I need to see twice. I feel they could have done without the “f” word and got their point across just as well.

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