Charlie Wilson's War

Many of us have seen the Tom Hanks movie about Charlie Wilson, and how he managed, as a no-accomplishment, no-impact representative from Texas to fund the war between the Soviet Union and the Muhajadeen, thus precipitating along with Reagan's policies the fall of the Soviet Union. Well Mr. Wilson is still around, and has written a column worth reading. In it he refers to the Peace Corps, and there is a link in the column to more articles about the Peace Corps. This is good reading if you are up for some thinking. It made me think that foreign aid may not be wasted spending after all, if used wisely.