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Originally Posted by worth
Also, why didn't anyone just arm the rebels a month ago? Why didn't the french give them shoulder fired anti aircraft weapons? Might make Libyan Fighters think twice about attacking civilians if the rebels had the means to fight back.
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Blow back. The US and allies armed the Afghanistan resistance fighters when the Soviets invaded during the Cold War. It was a good idea at the time, until the Taliban took over and threatened to use the weapons against the West