ISIS firing from a captured US Humvee.
In 1984, tensions were ratcheted up in the Middle East as Iranian F-4 jets flew into Saudi airspace.
Alarmed over this encroachment by its regional antagonist, Saudi Arabia deployed F-15s and two of Iran’s planes were shot down.
Fortunately, the incident never erupted into a war, and today it’s been all but forgotten.
But what remains remarkable is the origin of the weapons involved: the Saudi F-15s, the Iranian F-4s—even the air-to-air missiles that were fired—all manufactured by the United States.
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WNU Editor: The U.S. reputation for producing a great product .... and marketing it globally .... is well deserved. And while the focus is on American consumer products .... U.S. weapon systems have also succeeded in penetrating world markets.
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Some old quote, Roman I think, or maybe Greek. "He who is defeated by his own weapons is doubly defeated."
That humvee looks degraded. The cracked glass is better than nothing, but how many more hits can it take?
They captured humvees that were several years old and have had them for 2 years. The chassis has to be worn. That is a lot of armor/weight to be carrying around.
They would ha e to get the weapons to us to be doubly defeated. those humvees won't last that long.
It was the Shia Iraqi government that was doubly defeated. They did everything, but detail the humvees for ISIS.
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