In the 1980's, America was at war but not traditionally. America was not committing troops but was investing supplies and money to help defeat the soviets from invading Afghanistan. Many wondered what and how Americans were involved, but most of us knew that communism had to be stopped. Charlie Wilson's War movie portrayed the events during the 1980's and how a Texas congressman succeeded to defeat the soviets.
Charlie Wilson's War, otherwise known as Operation Cyclone, is a movie telling the incredible story of secret CIA operation that changed history. In 1979, the Soviet Union started a war that devastated the people as well as the land of Afghanistan. During the war, the United States would not oppose the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. …show more content…
The movie Charlie Wilsons War and the book Enduring Democracy have many similarities such as logrolling, iron triangles and constituencies. Logrolling is "members often enter into an agreement with other members to vote a certain way on one bill in exchange for a favorable vote on another bill."(162) The movie Charlie Wilsons War contains many scenes in which depict logrolling. In one scene, Charlie Wilson agrees to a request to serve on the House Ethics Committee in exchange for being appointed to the Kennedy Centers Board of Directors. In this scene, the speaker believes Wilson will be lenient and with the agreement, Wilson would get free tickets to the Centers performances. This logrolling becomes more advanced when the support of funding comes up. In this scene, Charlie Wilson tells CIA agent Gust Avakotos that he can coax his colleagues to support him in the quest to secure $40 million for the Afghan fighters due to the fact that he had accumulated many IOU's. Wilson had accumulated IOU's by supporting his colleagues with votes towards legislation that are valuable to them. Wilson then offers to get the Black Caucus to support the colleagues own legislation if they will support the Afghan funding
Charlie Wilson's War, otherwise known as Operation Cyclone, is a movie telling the incredible story of secret CIA operation that changed history. In 1979, the Soviet Union started a war that devastated the people as well as the land of Afghanistan. During the war, the United States would not oppose the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. …show more content…
The movie Charlie Wilsons War and the book Enduring Democracy have many similarities such as logrolling, iron triangles and constituencies. Logrolling is "members often enter into an agreement with other members to vote a certain way on one bill in exchange for a favorable vote on another bill."(162) The movie Charlie Wilsons War contains many scenes in which depict logrolling. In one scene, Charlie Wilson agrees to a request to serve on the House Ethics Committee in exchange for being appointed to the Kennedy Centers Board of Directors. In this scene, the speaker believes Wilson will be lenient and with the agreement, Wilson would get free tickets to the Centers performances. This logrolling becomes more advanced when the support of funding comes up. In this scene, Charlie Wilson tells CIA agent Gust Avakotos that he can coax his colleagues to support him in the quest to secure $40 million for the Afghan fighters due to the fact that he had accumulated many IOU's. Wilson had accumulated IOU's by supporting his colleagues with votes towards legislation that are valuable to them. Wilson then offers to get the Black Caucus to support the colleagues own legislation if they will support the Afghan funding