When America armed the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan with anti-helicopter missiles the Russian invasion of Afghanistan came to a bloody, grinding halt. There were not a lot of American casualties, if any.
Even Obama’s gay ROE couldn’t affect the lives of properly armed Ukrainian soldiers.
More Ukrainians with tank- and helicopter- killing arms would increase the pain and risk of a Russian takeover of Western Ukraine. If Ukraine gets more man-portable heavy weapons, the chance for peace goes UP, not down.
Its not as elegant a solution as competing with GAZPROM - but that ship sailed when Palin wasn’t elected.
And arming Ukraine wouldn’t even cost that much - compared with current levels of Federal waste. Hell, how many billion rounds of ammo did US forces literally throw away the other day? Why not sell them to Ukraine?
~When America armed the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan with anti-helicopter missiles the Russian invasion of Afghanistan came to a bloody, grinding halt.~
It is largely a myth. Soviet aircraft losses were minimal comparing to Vietnam, let alone manpads weren’t all that effective against their choppers. No more than 20 helicopter gunships were lost to Stingers.