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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,956 posts) Fri Sep 3, 2021, 09:05 PM Sep 2021

TALIBAN FIGHTERS UPSET, FEEL BETRAYED THAT US MILITARY LEFT NON-WORKING HELICOPTERS

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TALIBAN FIGHTERS UPSET, FEEL BETRAYED THAT US MILITARY LEFT NON-WORKING HELICOPTERS (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2021 OP

Huh. So the right-wing reports were...wrong? Go figure... NullTuples Sep 2021 #1

They actually thought we would leave them working equipment? brush Sep 2021 #2

Even if we left working equipment, it would soon break down without constant expert maintenance. SunSeeker Sep 2021 #3

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)

1. Huh. So the right-wing reports were...wrong? Go figure...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 09:21 PM

Sep 2021

brush

(53,776 posts)

2. They actually thought we would leave them working equipment?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 09:35 PM

Sep 2021

What did they think it was, a play war?

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)

3. Even if we left working equipment, it would soon break down without constant expert maintenance.

Reply to brush (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 4, 2021, 03:24 AM

Sep 2021

And these guys are incapable of maintaining anything like a chopper. They don't have the knowledge, parts or cash. The unforgiving dust of Afghanistan would soon render anything more complex than a rifle inoperable, just like the sand did in Iraq.

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