Difference between revisions of "Proxy war"
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==NATO war in Ukraine== | ==NATO war in Ukraine== | ||
{{See also|Nato war in Ukraine}} | {{See also|Nato war in Ukraine}} | ||
| + | By definition, the [[United States]] is waging a proxy war against [[Russia]], using [[Ukrainian]]s as their instrument, with the goal of not ending the war but prolonging it, making the United States a cobelligerent.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-03-17/u-s-is-in-a-proxy-war-with-russia-panetta-video</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 13:23, February 15, 2023
A Proxy war is a war instigated by a major power which does not itself become involved. Governments sometimes wage proxy wars because they lack domestic and international legal authority to fight a direct conflict.[1]
Colonial America
The American Declaration of Independence charges King George III of Great Britain with using indigenous Native Americans in a proxy war against the Thirteen Colonies:
| "He has endeavoured to bring on the Inhabitants of our Frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known Rule of Warfare, is an undistinguished Destruction, of all Ages, Sexes and Conditions." |
Islamic State
- See also: Islamic State
NATO war in Ukraine
- See also: Nato war in Ukraine
By definition, the United States is waging a proxy war against Russia, using Ukrainians as their instrument, with the goal of not ending the war but prolonging it, making the United States a cobelligerent.[2]