Charlie Wilson’s War is based on the true story of the Operation Cyclone. Operation Cyclone lasted for a unyielding decade. The plan was to support and sustain the Afghan battle and mujahedeen (freedom fighters) as long as te Soviets intended to remain in conflict. In order to complete such dynamic task, the United States employed the help of the Pakistan Government. Pakistan’s Intelligence assets were able to provide channels and a means by which the United States could support the Afghan resistance. In addition, the United States was also able to find an ally with Gen. Zia ul-Haq.
I think the underlying interests in the clandestine operation would be of Ideolodical, Political and Personal. It was the ideological battle between Capitalism and Communism. It was a period marked by tensions between an increasingly U.S.-dominated west and the Soviet-dominated east. In addition, we all know that Soviet Union is a communist state while the U.S. is a capitalist state. Furthermore, In the case of the U.S. and Soviet Union, this …show more content…
had been barred in a struggle for world power since the end of World War II. Their antagonist was the huge union of the USS-R. American capitalism saw itself antitheitic ally opposed to soviet Marxism and communism. The battle between dominance of nuclear capabilities and the space race had been highly challenged matters in addition, American military forces were never directly in an open conflict with soviets. Operation cyclone is the perfect mark where the line between Cold War and Real war might have been blurriest. In late 1979 the USS-R invaded the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan with the aims of supporting the pro-soviet governmnet in power. The soviet attempt to encourage a regional ally came to in direct opposition to the American Doctrine of Containment (strategy to stop the expansion of an enemy. It is best known as the Cold War policy of the United States and its allies to prevent the spread of communism
I think the underlying interests in the clandestine operation would be of Ideolodical, Political and Personal. It was the ideological battle between Capitalism and Communism. It was a period marked by tensions between an increasingly U.S.-dominated west and the Soviet-dominated east. In addition, we all know that Soviet Union is a communist state while the U.S. is a capitalist state. Furthermore, In the case of the U.S. and Soviet Union, this …show more content…
had been barred in a struggle for world power since the end of World War II. Their antagonist was the huge union of the USS-R. American capitalism saw itself antitheitic ally opposed to soviet Marxism and communism. The battle between dominance of nuclear capabilities and the space race had been highly challenged matters in addition, American military forces were never directly in an open conflict with soviets. Operation cyclone is the perfect mark where the line between Cold War and Real war might have been blurriest. In late 1979 the USS-R invaded the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan with the aims of supporting the pro-soviet governmnet in power. The soviet attempt to encourage a regional ally came to in direct opposition to the American Doctrine of Containment (strategy to stop the expansion of an enemy. It is best known as the Cold War policy of the United States and its allies to prevent the spread of communism