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MaximumEffort433 t1_iuihz9r wrote

ROFL, I love it.

Before this Russia was slumming it with North Korea, Iran, Belarus, India, and China, now they're recruiting troops that the United States spent twenty years training... only for them to forget all their training the moment the United States left Afghanistan.

Great call, Russia, this will definitely shore up your very special military operation. Afghan troops riding in Vietnam era tanks armed with World War I era rifles, what a frightening proposition.

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WexfordHo t1_iuiixpg wrote

They didn’t forget, they never learned. It was a total cultural and technological mismatch, and it would have taken a few generations to really work.

All Russia is going to get are possible US assets in their ranks and a bunch of guys with no loyalty and a lot of historical loathing for Russians.

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notnewtobville t1_iuiq5vu wrote

I was just going to say, "didn't the US train these soldiers* to combat the USSR and now they band together to create it all over again."

*not these soldiers but likely their parents

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Jeep-RN t1_iuivjq5 wrote

Shhhh. Ignore this guy. Great plan Russia.

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VakoKocurik t1_iuilciw wrote

These are Afghani Commandos, not Afghani Army. These guys actually fought really well

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MaximumEffort433 t1_iuimnk3 wrote

> These guys actually fought really well

Are there enough of those guys to turn the tide of war in Russia's favor? Because from my (admittedly uninformed) perspective, it really looks like Putin is flailing right now.

Adding a dozen well trained shipwrights to your crew isn't going to do much good if the boat is already underwater, y'know?

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WexfordHo t1_iuivgc1 wrote

Reminds me of a bit from ‘The Fires of Heaven’ by Robert Jordan.

> "I once saw a man hanging from a cliff. The brink was crumbling under his fingers, and the only thing near enough to grasp was a tuft of grass, a few long blades with roots barely clinging to the rock. The only chance he had of climbing back up on the cliff. So he grabbed it." His abrupt chuckle held no mirth. "He had to know it would pull free."

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waverider669 t1_iuix3ln wrote

Why not go fight for Ukraine against Russian scumbags?

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NovelExpert4218 t1_iuk1zpq wrote

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>Why not go fight for Ukraine against Russian scumbags?

Because Ukraine isn't offering to pay for safe transport out of afghanistan or wherever these guys currently are, visas for them and their families, and like 100 times more then they currently make. Russia is

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VakoKocurik t1_iuj2b5f wrote

Who knows? I'm not on the battlefield to tell you. But if RU is smart enough, they can use them as intelligence sources.

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HiImTheNewGuyGuy t1_iuio2et wrote

Those guys know what it means to take up arms against the US and her allies . I don’t think there will be many of them.

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TSL4me t1_iuk136m wrote

Anyone who has worked with the Afghan army must be laughing uncontrollably. The afgan troops are only good for fucking boys and taking bribes.

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