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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29358.Charlie_Wilson_s_War?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Charlie Wilson's War" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168021400m/29358.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29358.Charlie_Wilson_s_War?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Charlie Wilson's War</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16477.George_Crile">George Crile</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7614606?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>When we're talking about a mind-blowing work of non-fiction, this immediately jumps to mind. Maybe you know the story already, but for my money this book alone explains how our government really works and also how we directly contributed to (hell, funded and helped arm as well) the terrorist activity we so fear today. I admit that after 9/11 I was one of those Americans (all of 18 years old at the time) wondering "Why do THEY hate us?". Well, this book explains who THEY are and you get the WHY for free. Essentially, not to spoil it but I can't spoil it because it really happened, we fought a secret war in Afghanistan by creating an army of "techno-warriors" on the Pakistan border developed to vanquish and bleed the Soviet Union. A congressman and a back-room CIA operative funded a war without Americans knowing about it. The reason we don't understand the middle east today is because we can't explain the situation without admiting to fighting a war we weren't supposed to have been involved in for the record. <br/> <br/>Anyway, I'm excited just writing about it. It's an awesome book that everyone should read. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/536237?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>