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warsaw saw war (europe.pub)

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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

And ironically one of the more potent weapons the Taliban had against the US was US Stinger surface-to-air missiles.

But it was not a Russian influenced govt, it was a straight Soviet invasion, so basically a full role reversal.

[–] sga@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

it was a straight Soviet invasion, so basically a full role reversal.

while writing, i was confused about this. was it a russian puppet state that was established, or like directly reporting to moscow. so i thought russia influenced was a safer bet.