No Charlie Wilson

I enjoyed CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR last yr, very interesting & humourous account of how Congressman Charlie Wilson, socilaite Joanne Haring & maverick CIA agent Gust Avrokotos achieved the strengthening of the Mujahideen in Afghanistan with Stinger SAMs during the mid 1980s, which contributed greatly to the Red Army's decision to withdraw in 1989. Now, WI Charlie Wilson hadn't been around (let's say, he just continued to indulge in his extravagant womanising, drinking, drug-taking scandalous party life instead of undertaking anything meaningful) ? Would the provision of the Stingers still have occurred under the Reagan admin by 1986-88 even if Charlie & his confederates hadn't been behind things ?
 
Probably. Although Wilson was one of the key figures pushing it there were a number of other Republican and Democratic Congressional members as well as the Reagan administration.

It may, however, not go as well as it did IOTL. That said, I'd certainly have to read some more on the subject to be sure.
 
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