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2. Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman were all excellent in that movie.

Reply to Lulu KC (Original post)

Tue Aug 17, 2021, 11:32 PM

Aug 2021

I don't think Trump saw that film. He must have been influenced by Rambo III, the one where Sylvester Stallone takes the side of the "heroic" Afghani mujahideen (Taliban) freedom fighters. In retrospect, that movie didn't age well at all.

What troubles me is the staggering amount of military equipment given to the Afghan Army in recent years...you know, so they could fight the Taliban after we left. All that deadly, hi-tech stuff just fell into their hands after our plucky US-backed Afghani forces dropped everything as they ran to the airport.

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Recommendation: Charlie Wilson's War [View all] Lulu KC Aug 2021 OP

It's a good one, have seen it several times. elleng Aug 2021 #1

Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman were all excellent in that movie. sop Aug 2021 #2