“How come I think Democrats want to take credit for winning the Cold War now...EVERY SINGLE ONE of the people involved in this movie are extreme left wingers...it’s not even out and it’s already getting awards...tell me I’m wrong.”
Just saw the movie and have read the book. Yes you are wrong. Back then, Southern Democrats acted just like Republicans on foreign policy. Party affiliation wasn’t at civil war levels. You either hated Communists or you covertly enjoyed “keeping the powers balanced”.
There WAS one big sin of omission. It was Clinton who ended the humanitarian effort that would have kept the mujahedeen from totally destroying Kabul. They didn’t make that clear like in the book. Maybe the actors and the viewers will note the timelines and figure it out.
I just saw the movie myself. At the end of the movie Charlie is in a meeting and one of the people there says "I just talked to the president about Afghanistan and he asked me 'Are we still there'". Was Clinton the president he was talking about?