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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.<ref>https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/06/what-exactly-is-a-proxy-war/</ref> | 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.<ref>https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/06/what-exactly-is-a-proxy-war/</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Colonial America== | ||
| + | The American [[Declaration of Independence]] charges [[King George III]] of [[Great Britain]] with using indigenopus [[Native American]]s in a proxy war against the [[13 colonies]]: | ||
| + | {{quotebox-float|"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."}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:04, 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 indigenopus Native Americans in a proxy war against the 13 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." |