Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1980, ka pānui a Wilson i tētahi karere a Associated Press mō ngā waea o te kaunihera e whakaahua ana i ngā rerenga e rere ana i Āwherika i nohoia e te Rōpū o Rōpū o Rōpū. I riro te mana o te Manapori Manapori o Afghanistan i te wa o te Saur Revolution
i tono ki te Soviet Union kia āwhina ki te whakakore i te ātete mai i te Mujahideen. E ai ki te kaituhi koiora a George Crile III, i karanga a Wilson ki nga kaimahi o te United States House Committee on Appropriations e mahi ana i nga "whakawhiwhi pango" me te tono kia rua nga whakapaunga mo Afghanistan. Na te mea i whakaingoatia a Wilson ki te Komiti-a-Tihi o te Whare mo te Whakahaumaru (ko te kawenga mo te putea i nga mahi a te CIA), i whakaaetia tana tono.