War may be hell. But “Charlie Wilson’s War” is a heck of a good time.

That’s the reason both to endorse this witty, zippy and even enlightening political satire and to question it. Indeed, it uses sophisticated flair to bring attention to a still-relevant episode in recent U.S. foreign policy history. An admirable achievement.

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