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To: IbJensen
"Just like all those helicopters we are buying from Russia to give to the Afghans when we have our own helicopter companies that could give them much better choppers."

U.S. helicopters are better performing helicopters than Russian. However, U.S. helicopters are much more difficult to maintain than Russian helicopters, and are beyond the capability of most third world maintenance shops and maintenance personnel.

13 posted on 10/26/2013 9:31:22 AM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: DJ Taylor

My point is why give anything away when this nation is flat broke?


16 posted on 10/26/2013 9:33:50 AM PDT by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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