If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to sp→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut The Gruesome Tale of Lady Bluebeard https://youtu.be/gxE5jtUaJL4?list=PLR0XuDegDqP33-NUx7wuKb-3PDj-gRKgR Miss Unsinkable https://youtu.be/8-798XH2RPE?list=PLR0XuDegDqP33-NUx7wuKb-3PDj-gRKgR In this video: As well-known for leading a flamboyant, playboy lifestyle as being the mastermind responsible for funneling $5 billion dollars (about $12 billion today) to Afghan rebels (when they were on our side) in their fight against the Soviet Union, Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson was a larger than life character who serves as a stark reminder of how different the political landscape was before social media and the 24 hour news cycle. So it should come as no surprise that his first introduction into politics was just as notable as his later exploits. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/03/texas-congressman-good-time-charlie-wilson-got-first-taste-politics-jerk-killed-dog/ Sources: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/10/AR2010021003848.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson_(Texas_politician) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/us/politics/11wilson.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/charliewilsonswar.php http://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/the-rehabilitation-of-charlie-wilson/ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17580376 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charlie_Wilson_gravestone_IMG_6165.jpg Image Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson_(Texas_politician)#/media/File:Charlie_Wilson_with_Afghan_man.jpg https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image