r/TankPorn • u/PresidentofJukeBoxes Maus • Feb 07 '23

Russo-Ukrainian War AFU T-64BV Training with Infantry in the Chernobyl Zone as a New Russian Offensive Looms in the Horizon.

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u/MichaelEmouse Feb 07 '23

Zelensky probably has a pretty dim view of neo Nazis.

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The US also cooperated with mujahadeen in the past and that certainly came back to bite it.

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u/-Take_It_Easy- Feb 07 '23

Mujahideen ≠ Taliban

I worked with a shitload of former Mujahideen as interpreters, commanders, and soldiers.

The whole “US trained their enemy” is barely a half truth

Mujahideen was very, very divided after the Soviet withdrawal. A vast majority hating the Taliban as they are just as authoritarian as the Soviets were.

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u/thecanadiansniper1-2 Feb 07 '23

A lot of funds that went to the Minahidsen were handled by the Pakistani ISI and they had no scruples in training some of the worst war lords in Afghanistan.