Why not? To the victor goes the spoils.
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Wann'a know how to think of and assimilate things like this?
Look down on your own hands and picture when they were sixteen or 20 .... remember what they did ?
Pretty neat, huh ?
And here you are ... a hundred years later, all politicked up !
Exactly!
A superior design and construction is not tied to a particular ideology. Just a very good example of technology, adapted to the needs of the next in line to acquire the property.
ISIS got a significant boost in their ability to quickly transfer manpower around Iraq and Syria when they “inherited” the Humvee’s, M1A1 Abrams, and MRAP’s from the fleeing Iraqi troops.
The Eagle is a prize of war. She wasn’t captured on the high seas & boarded like the U-505, but get this:
There hasn’t been a peep out of postwar Germany about the Eagle, but they have a standing demand that they want the U-505 returned to Germany even though it was captured in combat (first “Away all boarders!” command by a U.S. captain since the War of 1812).
When the U-505 was being restored at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry, German suppliers who had originally fitted her out assisted in the restoration while protesting, “That’s our U-Boat and we want it back but we’ll at least fit her out properly so you thieving Amis can see what real German workmanship is like!!”
Don’t be a