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Ronald Reagan's War

Sorry, Charlie. God bless Ben Stein. Don't cry for her, South Carolina. Plus more.
p> DON'T FORGET THE GIPPER br> Re: James Bowman's Charlie Wilson's War : /p>

Mr. Bowman gets a different moral from the lesson of this enjoyable film than I get. Perhaps even the author of the film did not realize what message the film gives: We abandoned the peace. The result was the rise of radical Islamists.

p>Had we stayed and helped the reorganization, perhaps a friendly democratic government would have emerged. There are powerful forces that want to abandon the peace in Iraq. If we abandon Iraq, will a radical anti-USA government emerge? Is the Democratic Party demanding we repeat the mistakes made at the end of Charlie Wilson's War? br> -- David Moshinsky /p>

I saw and enjoyed this movie over the weekend, although it is deliberately deceptive in many instances.

You have to pay close attention to pick up on the subliminal political messages.

First, the movie was produced by Rob Reiner (aka Meathead) who is the prince of left-wing politics in Hollywood and makes Barbra Streisand seem centrist.

Second, the movie erroneously portrays John Murtha as "clean as my grandmother's kitchen floor" with respect to the Abscam sting. Listening to Murtha's own recorded words to undercover FBI agents doesn't leave one with that conclusion, by a long shot.

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