September 28, 2003 ☼ Foreign Affairs

In his book Charlie Wilson’s War, George Crile romanticises Charlie Wilson into a larger than life cold-warrior defending America’s national interests against the Soviet Union. His favoured cause - the Afghan mujahideen and its Pakistani backers, especially General Zia ul Haq.

Well, the Soviet Union is long gone, and Pakistan is the new hotbed of anti-American terrorism. But apparently Charlie Wilson has no qualms lobbying for Pakistan. The News International reports that a lobbying firm linked to him is being paid $30,000 per month to plug for Pakistan.

From out here, it looks like Charlie Wilson is just another mercenary politician out to make his buck. We have plenty of them in India too.

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