Charlie Wilson was one of the most destructive figures of the twentieth century and we would have been much better off had he never gotten involved in politics.It is largely thanks to Mr. Wilson that there exists today the radically destructive Islamist movement in Afghanistan. The enormous flow of money from the United States during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to the unsavory Islamist elements in Afghanistan would make future terrorist attacks possible.In all fairness, we should give consideration to Mr. Wilson's position on his past actions. In an interview with Time magazine in 2007, he said, "We were fighting the evil empire. It would have been like not supplying the Soviets against Hitler in World War II.... Anyway, who the hell had ever heard of the Taliban then?"
