How Can Tom Hanks Believe in Charlie Wilsons War But Endorse Obama?
OW THAT ‘CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR’ has made it to RedBox, Crabby finally got to view the little movie this weekend. In case you’ve missed it, the film turns international hegemony into political cartoon while retelling how one Texas Congressman helped Afghanis turn the tide against their Soviet invaders. The flick stars Tom Hanks, one of La La Land’s most likable leading men, as the Congressman, and Julia Roberts, looking every bit the scary “social x-ray” intent on fighting communism. Also appearing is Philip Seymour Hoffman, as usual handing in a pitch-perfect performance as a CIA operative. Briefly, the movie recounts in broad strokes how Charlie Wilson raised Congressional support to covertly fund Afghanistan’s battle against invading Soviet forces. Yet the film wryly suggests that the U.S. erred by failing to invest in the country’s rehabilitation after succeeding in forcing out the Soviets. One of the movie’s last scenes shows Hoffman’s character warning the Congressman that kooks we
