She's right. We sold them Stinger missiles in the 80's which gave them a defense against Soviet air superiority.
Stamn draight. I still remember leftist S.F. Chronicle cartoonist Tom Meyer depiction of the effect of the USA-supplied Stingers. For three of the first of a four-panel cartoon, a stereotypical Russian soldier in a star-besteckled uniform slugged, kicked, and stomped on a man in a turban (representing Afghan resistence). In the fourth panel, the Afghan points a Stinger launcher at the Russkie. He then screamed, "CEASE FIRE!" at the top of his lungs.
Meyer nowadays is among the most virulent Bush-hating cartoonists, depicting him with a pin head that doesn't rise above his elongated ears. And of course, he's one of those guys who now blames the USA for arming the Afghans and thus bin Laden.