Here's a conspiracy theory. They were left there by Russians, not Americans.
Hylactor
joined 2 years ago
You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.
That or they are such traitors that they were given to the Russians. Or so incompetent they were stolen by the Russians. No matter though, when the best case scenario is mere incompetence, the outlook is very grim indeed.