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minus-squaredanhab99@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoGuys how often do you think the US sells guns to terrorists to try to gain some intel about them?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·2 months agoHow often do they totally fuck that plan up? At least once. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal
minus-squareGlemek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoDoesn’t quite fit that exact archetype, but the Iran-Contra Affair is sortof in that same genre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Contra_affair
Guys how often do you think the US sells guns to terrorists to try to gain some intel about them?
How often do they totally fuck that plan up?
At least once.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal
Doesn’t quite fit that exact archetype, but the Iran-Contra Affair is sortof in that same genre.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Contra_affair