the filmmaker neglect to connect the dot that be and the sequence of event and choice that lead from charlie wilson and the anti soviet mujaheddin to al qaeda and osama bin laden and eventually to 9/11 . the filmmaker of course neglect to tell u the back story why be the soviet in afghanistan . but that omission pal in comparison to their failure to reveal that support for islamicist extremist in afghanistan in the name of rabid anti communism ultimately strengthen the hand of anti western force and be a big contributing factor to the mess that we find ourselves in today ( 9/11 and terrorist network and a prolonged ground war in afghanistan and etc . ) . because these consequence be not spell out and the movie leave the viewer feel sympathetic to mr. wilson ( hey and check out his late project on the internet ) instead of see him a an individual whose action be contrary to the best interest of his country and the west a a whole .