So far the Iraq AD has downed one or maybe two helicopters and a couple of drones. Have to wonder just how much of an "expert" he is. But then he is trying to make a "silk purse out of a sow's ear" in this case.
Hey, wasn't Achalov mentioned in Colin Powell's autobiography?
From: http://racu.org/context/reflect_november2002.html
"At the end of his speech, Secretary Powell told us a story about an experience he had when he was serving as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was invited to a meeting in the office of then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, a meeting with the new Soviet Minister of Defense, Dimitri Yazov, and his closest military advisors. During the introductions, Powell immediately recognized General Colonel Vladislav A. Achalov, former commander of the Soviet 8th Guards Army, which had faced Powell's V Corps in Germany. Here were two former enemies now meeting each other for the purpose of working together to make the world a safer place. Two soldiers who had once studied how to kill each other were now beginning to build a partnership. Powell said to General Achalov: "You know, I used to keep your picture on my desk in Frankfurt." Achalov smiled and responded: "Yes, and I kept your picture on my desk."