Charlie Wilson's Warlords

?Both the book and movie Charlie Wilson's War glorify the ?colorful? liberal Democratic congressman's successful crusade to bludgeon the reluctant, neoconservative Reagan administration into dramatically escalating funding, arming, and training of radical Islamists fighting against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Although the zestful life and escapades of Wilson make for an entertaining and true-to-(Wilson's)-life movie, both the book and movie give short shrift to the dire long-term policy consequences of Wilson's and Reagan's proxy war.?