U.S buys more Russian helicopters for Afganistan

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The Pentagon is buying ten more Mi-17 helicopters for the Afghan military from Russia's state-run weapons broker Rosoboronexport, the company confirmed on Thursday.

The Pentagon has been under pressure over its dealings with the company after U.S. Senator John Cornyn accused the firm of selling arms to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Senator Cornyn sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta earlier this week calling Rosoboronexport "an enabler of mass murder in Syria" and called for sanctions against the company.

Pentagon spokesman George Little said Washington "understood" Cornyn's concerns,
but said the helicopters involved were the best option to allow Afghan forces to "take on their own fights inside their own country http://en.ria.ru/world/20120614/174025983.html
 
Pentagon spokesman George Little said Washington "understood" Cornyn's concerns,
but said the helicopters involved were the best option to allow Afghan forces to "take on their own fights inside their own country
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no qualms about arming Afg National Army, with Russian helicopters, that are acting as gunships into Syrian populations? Hillary was condemng this yesterday.
http://en.rian.ru/world/20120613/173996700.html
 
annata said:
The Pentagon is buying ten more Mi-17 helicopters for the Afghan military from Russia's state-run weapons broker Rosoboronexport, the company confirmed on Thursday.

The Pentagon has been under pressure over its dealings with the company after U.S. Senator John Cornyn accused the firm of selling arms to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Senator Cornyn sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta earlier this week calling Rosoboronexport "an enabler of mass murder in Syria" and called for sanctions against the company.

Pentagon spokesman George Little said Washington "understood" Cornyn's concerns,
but said the helicopters involved were the best option to allow Afghan forces to "take on their own fights inside their own country http://en.ria.ru/world/20120614/174025983.html
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Why are we buying helos for them? We have plenty of citizens who want them here.
 
We think if we pour enough money and people into the problem we can cover our bleeding asses with a flag of victory. Two, five, ten years down the line whenever we do pull out, its the same end, we finally give up and admit that you can't out stubborn the afghans.
 
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