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They had several stockpiles, including actual fucking short-range missiles. Didn't help them at all against a modern military force, did it? But you think the
by evgen 5y ago
They had several stockpiles, including actual fucking short-range missiles. Didn't help them at all against a modern military force, did it? But you think the US Army is concerned about Bubba and his cache of AR-15s?
- abfan1127 5y agoUS Army continues to struggle to control Afghanistan. Russians failed to control.
- wearywanderer 5y agoThe Soviet Union at least had the excuse of having a conscript army and America arming the Afghanis with MANPADS. America's failure probably had more to do with nobody having any clue what the actual objective was.
- abfan1127 5y agoyou're not wrong.
- evgen 5y agoEveryone has struggled to control Afghanistan, including every Afghan government in history. Not going to hold it against them for doing better than most at the task, but not expecting control given the nature of the task and territory.
- a3n 5y agoSometimes "Bubba" is in the US Army. And yeah, the US Army is concerned about him.