Russian weaponry

[Fortinbras]

But that speaks to the dire situation on the mountain. And to your point, we talked about this before, much ado about the U.S. weaponry that is has taken hold. But they're using Russian weaponry.

WEISS: Right. They do have --

BALDWIN: And that's pretty tough stuff.

WEISS: Everyone will recall the photographs and the videos showing when ISIS moved into Mosul, and they sacked or -- didn't have to sack, because the military bases we have created were at sort -- sort of abandoned by the Iraqi security forces.

They were posing in front of Humvees, M-1 Abrams tanks and these things. The key thing about this, this equipment is very, very difficult to maintain on the ground, particularly under the unforgiving conditions of the Middle East.

You need maintenance crews, specialists. It was difficult for a U.S. forces to maintain this stuff, much less is. So that worries me less than what they are very, very familiar with and what they know how to use really well, which is, again, this Russian-made material.

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