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Is The United State Fighting A Proxy War? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As an American, the US participation in the Ukrainian conflict as well as the Palestinian genocide are beyond reproach. Many describe them as proxy wars, but I'm not there yet.

During the Cold War, there was the Afghanistan, Vietnam, South America, Cuba, etc. These were proxy wars because there was a clear adversary on the other side. The Soviet Union.

Now, who is that? Russia? China? Who is "our enemy"? I see it was war is good for business and projection of power.

Am I wrong?

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[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Dude, Russia IS the enemy. If you let Ukraine fall, the Baltic states and Poland are next. Russia ADMITTED as much. And China looks at Taiwan. Do you not understand the idea of democracy and deterrence?

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Interesting take on Ukraine and Palestine. Russia invades Ukraine, and the US supplies the defender. Israel invades Palestine and the US supplies the attacker. I am curious how you find both beyond reproach.

[–] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

Watr in Ukraine is proxy war

The reality is that NATO and the United States, are now, without question, in a proxy war with Russia," former CIA director and US defense secretary Leon Panetta told the ABC.

"Maybe it's not a direct war, but it certainly is a proxy war, in terms of their efforts to make Putin pay a price.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 0 points 2 months ago

Ugh, my take is the US is supporting Ukraine because Putin's a cunt and is trying to destabilize the west.

And because Ukraine started kicking their asses the moment they invaded, which is amazing given the lukewarm response the west had at the beginning of the invasion.