Charlie Wilson's War Page #10

- Joanne Herring's on the phone.

- Hey, you.

We're all leaving in the morning.

- You're kidding?

- No.

Well, what did you have to promise him?

There's a blind girl in

jail 'cause she was raped.

- Yeah.

- You're gonna get her out.

What, I got to bust

somebody out of jail?

Don't be stupid, Charlie. You're

gonna tell Zia to pardon her.

That's Doc's condition.

- I'll fly in tonight.

- Buy me a drink?

Yes, ma'am.

We're almost there, Charlie.

- I'm going back to Pakistan tomorrow!

- Let's party!

- Charlie!

- Oh, that was... I'm gonna...

- You want a refill here, darling?

- Thanks.

Can we get another round?

Mario!

Oh, Charlie.

Hey, Joanne.

- Can I call you Joanne?

- Yes.

You'll want to dress

considerably more modestly

when we're at the border.

Well, thank you, but I have

been passionately involved

with the cause of the

Afghans for three years.

I've been there many times.

Okay, well, then I'll

just go f*** myself.

I am not easily shocked, Mr. Avrakotos.

I knew you two were gonna

hit it off right away.

Charlie!

Sorry, Stu's on the phone.

You can take it at the bar.

Stu. This can't be good.

How'd you hook up with Charlie?

Are you also passionately involved

with the cause of the Afghans?

No, I just wasn't really

doing anything else.

I mean, how did you get into the CIA?

Oh, I didn't. I'm with the

Department of Agriculture.

Food and Plant Division.

Specifically apple imports.

- Now, you don't seem

like the apple type.

I know.

What's that mean?

- Where are you from?

- What do you care?

- Are you a Catholic?

- Greek Orthodox, Mrs. Herring.

- That's still Christian.

- Imagine my relief.

What's your problem with me?

You know, I've found, in my business,

that when people with time on their

hands get involved in politics,

I start forgetting what I'm

supposed to be shooting at.

That would be in the

apple import business.

Yes, ma'am.

- I'll have to remember that.

- Please do.

It's over!

It's over! It is over!

That was Stu, and it is over.

Wait, wait, wait.

Crystal didn't name you?

Well, she witnessed me doing coke

- in the Cayman Islands.

- Oh, sh*t, Charlie.

No, it's all right. That's out of the

Justice Department's jurisdiction,

so it is over.

I'm going home!

Gus, Joanne, the most important trip

of our lives is in the morning,

so let's get plenty of sleep.

I'm going home.

- Jailbait, slap my hands!

- Yeah!

Mario, this is all on me.

Yes, sir.

He may be in trouble with the

press, but he stayed out of jail.

You don't see God's hand in this?

Well, reasonable people can disagree,

but I don't see God anywhere

within miles of this.

On the other hand, if you

slept with me tonight,

I bet you I could change

my mind in a hurry.

- Oh, you would.

- Yeah.

I'll see you on the plane.

Sluts.

- Doc's eating this up.

- Yeah?

- We're gonna get the money.

- Charlie?

Charlie!

Guy's a little senile.

Don't be fooled.

- He chairs a Subcommittee?

- Mmm-hmm.

Charlie, Joanne, this has been an

absolutely eye-opening experience.

I mean, it's absolutely stunning.

Tell them what we saw, Mr.

Papadropolous. Tell them.

They only want to go

back there and fight.

And you're their savior, Mr. Chairman.

Oh, I wouldn't go that far, no.

Watch this.

- She's gonna lock it right on up.

- Mr. Chairman,

these people have been waiting for

you. They have been sitting here

and bleeding and waiting

and praying for you.

It's only gonna be a man

like you who can save them.

We know, don't we, about our men,

what they can do when

they summon themselves.

Charlie, I think they want

you to make some remarks.

No, you should do it, Mr. Chairman.

These people have been

waiting a long time for you.

Show Muriel what you can do.

Show your wife.

I'm a little bit emotional

about what I've seen here today.

Show her.

You can do it.

Go on.

All right.

Papadropolous. Well, it's Greek.

It's in the ballpark.

My friends,

my son served in Vietnam.

He was wounded fighting in battle

against the Soviet oppressors.

I didn't know that about his son.

So, you see, I'm no stranger,

no stranger at all to the horrors

and atrocities of the Communists!

Thank you so much.

I talk about God for one simple reason.

As God is my witness today...

We need him on our side.

...these Russian gunships,

every last one of them,

are gonna be blown right out of the sky.

We're gonna see that you have guns and

we're gonna see that you have training!

Thank you.

Well, what I think's got Gus worried

is that sooner or later God

is gonna be on both sides.

This is good against evil.

And I want you to know that

America's always going to be

on the side of the good.

And God will always punish the wicked!

God is great!

God is great!

This has been a year of

setback and frustration.

And the Soviet Army, more than

at any time since the war began,

Now has the upper hand.

The mujahideen are pinned down.

The Afghan resistance has been

sanctified by the United States,

but the support has not been

translated into military hardware.

The guerrillas still cling to the

Kalashnikov, but it's not enough.

They're waiting in vain

for bigger modern weapons

to turn on the Red Army.

The guerrillas survived the raid.

The Soviets now are conducting some

of the heaviest bombing of the war.

The Soviets have put more

troops and equipment back in.

Communist bastards.

Don't send us rice and bandages,

give us weapons so that we

can shoot down their gunships.

It's called the MILAN anti-tank missile.

Can the Afghans win without it?

No.

End of discussion.

I would like to have the

previously approved sum increased

by an additional 30 million,

bringing the total

appropriation to 70 million.

I'd like to introduce the

MILAN anti-tank missile.

We've got 300 in the field.

- Yeah!

- Yep.

Let's kill some Russians!

Voting to pump up the money for the

freedom fighters is the only way

for the northeastern liberal

to prove that he's serious.

How much are you asking for?

I'd want to go from 70

million to 100 million.

And if you vote for me, I can deliver

the Black Caucus for the farm subsidy.

And they asked him,

quite reasonably enough,

"How did you vote on that?"

And I swear to God, he

looks over at his staff guy.

He had to check with an aide

for an answer to that question.

I don't know how that

guy stays in office.

It was the Bamian-led group.

They set an ambush here

- at the Fuladi Bridge.

- What'd they get?

Four supply trucks coming

out of Bagram Airbase.

They hit a Soviet motorized

rifle battalion on horseback?

- You bet your ass.

- Then these guys are pretty good.

We can't control this thing anymore.

The man stood in my office in

Islamabad, and I told him,

"A sudden influx of money

- "and weaponry... "

- Could you hand me that belt, please?

- Thank you.

- I mean, how is it possible

that this congressman of

no particular importance

is doing this by himself?

I will admit it's not unimpressive.

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