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In the Cold War days, we had numerous proxy wars. Korea and Vietnam are examples. Same with Afghanistan I (boy, that chicken came home to roost).

Chile and Iran were egregious examples of the US sticking our oar in.

It’s been over a generation of peace, so people have forgotten them.

Proxy wars are wars not fought by ones own military. Korea and Vietnam were faught by americans and thus arent a proxy war for the USA.

For instance the ukraine and russia war is a proxy war for the USA but is not for russia, as russia is fighting.

No, they were proxy wars. It’s just that Russia and China were playing the part we’re playing with Ukraine.