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boonhet@sopuli.xyz 15 hours agoI wouldn’t call the US attacking random countries in the Middle East proxy wars either, those are just wars, at least on the US’s part
Could call the current war in Iran a proxy war though, in that the US is a proxy for Israel this time. But then who is Iran a proxy for? Russia? I don’t think Russia is strong enough to wage a proxy war in addition to their war war right now.
terranoid@lemmy.cafe 13 hours ago
I don’t think Iran is a proxy for Russia as much as Russia and China have interests in Iran remaining sovereign and trading oil in currencies other than the US$. It is more a proxy war with China than anything, considering they sell a ton of oil for Chinese yuan, but it’s more about long term strategic interests, everyone moving chess pieces to the middle for the “inevitable conflict” that no one really wants to fight.
I think it’s just the natural progression of what has been a very cold war between US and China.