In Venezuela there’s attempt to “own” the argument re Russian and Chinese air defenses. USA says they were blown up in first minutes, proRussian side say stand down order by bribed generals. Were there Russian and Chinese specialists manning them though? Waiting to hear more…

In Cold War Israel-Arab wars were similarly used as proxies for testing USA vs Soviet weapons. But same ambiguity existed as was never clear if Arab failure was mostly due to Arab incompetence rather than tech….MiG were not as such inferior to American jets…but…

From a purely “sales” pov as well as actually knowing if your weapons systems would actually be sound vs rivals in a “real” conflict you don’t want obfuscatory circumstances like “Venezuelan 85 IQ pardo showing up late at SAM platform” …let alone stand down desertion for bribes.

An alternative theory would be that the “we stand up to Neoliberal ZOG USA with pardo supremacist socialism and fambly values” pro Chavez crowd is inventing the “sophisticated bribery psychological warfare op” to explain away fishmouthed cholo SAM operator using tech wrong

I want to warn tho in strongest terms against “low IQ” whyte supremacism that can lead to catastrophe. The immense lopsided success of white mercs in Afreaka 1950-69 eg (and later Rhodesians massacring large armies with 40 guys and no casualties) like Hoare, Katanga crisis, Simbas etc convinced some UNTRAINED undisciplined white irregulars they could take on Nigerian military at one point and they got asses kicked. White success existed especially in military realm historically because it’s the one most Darwinian sphere where victory has to be earned with manifest excellence preparation and training, ie it’s only a sociobiological observation not prescriptive destiny. To extent one thinks one’s tradition or lineage magically brings success with no energy or effort that’s when you’re thinking like a dull Oriental or Congoid… that way is perdition and oblivion.