Japan's Hometown Tax

Re:Japan's Hometown Tax by pauldenton on Monday September 18, 2023 @02:45PM (#37560264)

I'm sure the 7 billion dollars worth of equipment won't come back to bite us in the ass, like training Mujahideen between 1979-1989 to fight the Soviets and supplying them with Stingers did

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Re:Japan's Hometown Tax by shortrounddev2 on Monday September 18, 2023 @04:00PM (#37561209)

In what way did arming the Mujahideen with Stingers bite us in the ass

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Re:Japan's Hometown Tax by lmm on Monday September 18, 2023 @07:46PM (#37563793)

Some of them got used to shoot down our own planes, no?

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Re:Japan's Hometown Tax by shortrounddev2 on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @07:41AM (#37568553)

I've never heard of that happening

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Re:Japan's Hometown Tax by lmm on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @07:26PM (#37578472)

We don't always know what shot down a given aircraft, and one black-market MANPADS is much like another for most purposes, but from a search around at least one Chinook shot down in Afghanistan was thought to be by a Stinger left over from those days. Also spending a fair bit on a buyback program seems like an indication of regret.

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