{"id":3612,"date":"2009-12-20T23:14:57","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T03:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2009-12-20T23:16:08","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T03:16:08","slug":"wait-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/12\/20\/wait-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait, What?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/storyonly\/2009\/12\/20\/817271\/-Phantom-Hope:-The-Afghan-Army\">This piece<\/a> over at dKos just highlighted a recent NATO request that I&#8217;d not heard about.\u00c2\u00a0 And what was that?\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE5BF38D20091216\">They asked Russia for helicopters to use in Afghanistan.<\/a> Because, you know, that worked out so well last time:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3614  aligncenter\" title=\"afghan\" src=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/afghan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/afghan1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/afghan1-150x103.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you think the person who thought that up understood the irony of it?\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe they could suggest ground delivery, with BMPs and T-62s providing security?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This piece over at dKos just highlighted a recent NATO request that I&#8217;d not heard about.\u00c2\u00a0 And what was that?\u00c2\u00a0 They asked Russia for helicopters to use in Afghanistan. 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