...just finished watching Charlie Wilson's War on DVD. Wow. Amazing story of a renegade U.S. congressman who took on the task of helping Afghan freedom fighters beat back the Russians in the late70's through the late 80's.
One of the central figures i this story story is a Greek by the name of Gust Avrakotos (funny-literally, Avrakotos means "no underwear"). He was a streetwise covert CIA operative that was instrumental in the whole war.
Really a fascinating movie. Go see it.
Now if someone can explain how you get "Gust" in English from Kosta in Greek... :)
- Spiro