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Is The United State Fighting A Proxy War? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Except OPEC still had significant power and influence in the US well after the Yom Kippur war ended in 1973, and said war didn’t even involve the majority of the OPEC member countries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Israel isn't the only reason OPEC has been brought to heel, but it was the last time OPEC ever used an oil embargo afaik

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