![]() ![]() Wilson and his allies helped to create a power vacuum, which was eventually filled by the oppressive Taliban regime. But as always the universe wants the last laugh. foreign policy and contribute to the mujahideen’s success. In many ways the film is inspiring: facing scepticism, political opposition, and the spectre of treading where only Congress should go, Charlie Wilson managed to change U.S. It is a fascinating account of a senator’s struggle to fund the mujahideen, the “freedom fighters” who opposed the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. I really like the movie Charle Wilson’s War, and not just because Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s performance is hilarious. But then the communist regime fell and Afghanistan once again descended into civil war and anarchy, and suddenly I started to pay more attention to Khaled Hosseini’s juxtaposition of national turmoil with personal strife. Even when Laila entered the story and began her slow, awkward, inevitable dance with Tariq, I was still not convinced. Mariam marries Rasheed, who turned out to be exactly the kind of one-note bully I expected him to be. Its characters seemed shallow, transparent: Mariam’s mother was vindictive and manipulative, her actions and reactions shockingly outsized. At the beginning, A Thousand Splendid Suns did little to win me over. ![]()
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