▲ 212 ▼ There was a literal civil war over this in Afghanistan, c'mon (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jonne@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) Hey, quick question, who was providing Pakistan with weapons and was allied with them around that time? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Hey, quick question, who was providing Pakistan with weapons and was allied with them around that time? In the 1990s, when the Taliban was formed and the US had an arms embargo on Pakistan? That's a good question. Do you have any suggestions? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago In the 1990s, when the Taliban was formed and the US had an arms embargo on Pakistan? Having an arms embargo doesn't mean you don't sell them weapons, apparently. It wasn't a whole lot of stuff though.. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-06-mn-3321-story.html But just score free points in this quiz, the answer is "China, but they developed a pretty major arms industry themselves during the embargo" permalink fedilink source parent [–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Intergang? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Hey, quick question, who was providing Pakistan with weapons and was allied with them around that time? In the 1990s, when the Taliban was formed and the US had an arms embargo on Pakistan? That's a good question. Do you have any suggestions? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago In the 1990s, when the Taliban was formed and the US had an arms embargo on Pakistan? Having an arms embargo doesn't mean you don't sell them weapons, apparently. It wasn't a whole lot of stuff though.. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-06-mn-3321-story.html But just score free points in this quiz, the answer is "China, but they developed a pretty major arms industry themselves during the embargo" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago In the 1990s, when the Taliban was formed and the US had an arms embargo on Pakistan? Having an arms embargo doesn't mean you don't sell them weapons, apparently. It wasn't a whole lot of stuff though.. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-06-mn-3321-story.html But just score free points in this quiz, the answer is "China, but they developed a pretty major arms industry themselves during the embargo" permalink fedilink source parent
