Charlie Wilson’s War was a beautiful parody of an average politician’s life today. That should not deter us from the good done by a many of them. Yet the movie and many before that have completely failed to address the problem associated with foisting of unnecessary wars on mankind for purely economic reasons.
Who gains from wars to germinate freedom and democracy?
Not the people. They continue to be slaughtered all over the world. A lot more live in refugee camps today. The Industrial / military complex stands to gain very heavily from any armed conflict. Remember Eisenhower. The most successful politicians of today are the creations of this complex. Bushes have been funded and backed by the oil lobby from the get go. The second Bush does not even know how to use his bully pulpit. Cheney and Rumsfeld were provided to him as crutches.
The complex has used ideology as the piggyback to promote, fund and manipulate wars all over the world and is well entrenched for many more centuries.
Thank you Tom Hanks for pointing your finger at politics but I still would go for Sonny Bono and Angelina Jolie as freedom torch bearers.
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