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0 pointscsomar5y ago0 comments

I'd say it was worth the cost. The US used to suck in civil warefare. But after the Syria civil war, they clearly have the upper hand vs. Russia.

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0823498723498725y ago

Unless an explicit claim to hegemony is involved, when a party isn't part of the country involved, we normally don't say "civil" but instead "proxy" warfare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proxy_wars

monadic25y ago

Yea, Syria's a much better place now that those Russians have left.

dionian5y ago

theyre still there

monadic25y ago

That was the joke.

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0823498723498725y ago

Unless an explicit claim to hegemony is involved, when a party isn't part of the country involved, we normally don't say "civil" but instead "proxy" warfare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proxy_wars

monadic25y ago

Yea, Syria's a much better place now that those Russians have left.

dionian5y ago

theyre still there

monadic25y ago

That was the joke.

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