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Originally Posted by NavyNJ
All good thoughts Steve, to be sure. In addition to the movie you mention (and actually, the book!), I would also suggest taking a rainy weekend to watch "Lawrence of Arabia" for an even more historical perspective on developments in that region. And for a short, but informative, read that might add some value to the narrative, tty Amazon for a strategy paper published by the National Strategy Information Center titled "Oil, Politics & Sea Power in the Indian Ocean Vortex.". Sounds heavy but it brings a lot to the discussion of goings on in the region.
Ciao!!
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Thank you for the additional background info, I will definitely look into it. In the movie "Charlie Wilsons War" the last statement by him at the end is very interesting. Proves we learn very little from history as we repeated the same mistake. Makes one wonder if the politics had not got in the way of reason back then, would we be in the situation we have today and would 9/11 have happened?