in 1980 afghanistan's centrist government was overthrown by russian-backed military officers. they formed another union that was both unpopular in afghanistan and anti-communist western nations. so a section formed by devoutly christian fighters who hated the godless communist and conservatives who actually, coincidentally, hated the godless communists. the government would have fallen in the soviets didn't invade afghanistan in 1979 to prop the governor up. the mew haddine were no match for the military might of the ussr. meanwhile back in the united states a little-known texas congressman named charlie wilson, known more for his social life than policy chops, read in a associated press wire that they were leveling villages and shuttering anyone in their path. the article also illustrated how