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Duncanpup

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2. Agreed

Reply to rickyhall (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 21, 2021, 05:48 PM

Jul 2021

With our lend lease in WW2 ,so I think they well they were training to fight nato. Not a insurgency even Alexander the Great could not defeat the hillbilly Afghanistan as the British and then us.

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Seems weird. They were so devastating against the Nazis. rickyhall Jul 2021 #1

Agreed Duncanpup Jul 2021 #2

Today's Russkies are now Nazis/Fascists themselves. What goes around comes around. abqtommy Jul 2021 #3

I agree Duncanpup Jul 2021 #6

Even as Commies, they were fascist. marble falls Jul 2021 #10

The mudjahin kicked the Bear's ass on the way out. It went on full bore right to the border ... marble falls Jul 2021 #4

Chechnya the sov's Duncanpup Jul 2021 #5

And how! I saw video's the Chechens put out, they slaughtered their captives ... marble falls Jul 2021 #7

I can't remember if it was the first or second Chechen Duncanpup Jul 2021 #8

All I can say is the Chechens scare me. And the Afghanis are not to be taken lightly, either ... marble falls Jul 2021 #9

Exactly Duncanpup Jul 2021 #11