Still better than AI lol

Nope. You said the whole thing about Russia not being proxy because they don't tell the Iran government what to do.

That is incompatible with the definition of what a proxy war is.

You can share a thousand books on peoples opinions on the subject, they have books like that on communism too doesn't change any definition or meaning of any definition, at all.

"I can't believe you don't even know what proxy is"

And by your own books you linked. If USA is fighting proxy that makes when Russia supplied Iran with weapons an act of also being a party to a proxy war. You don't get to just have one side be a proxy war and the other side supplying their enemies not a proxy war. Or at least, I don't because I'm capable of understanding what things mean and able to read definitions and understand them. If you want to listen to the opinion of people who talk about it, then do that the very book you linked agrees that if USA is fighting proxy with Ukraine, then Russia is too with Iran. One side doesn't get to just act like it isn't part of the proxy war, even by the very books you yourself linked.

So are the books you linked valid or not? Is the definition valid or not? Guess it depends on what opinion you want to present at the time? If USA is fighting proxy that just makes Russia an ally to Iran? Not according to the books you linked.

See this is the problem. You don't actually read any of it, you don't actually care about what the definition really is because you just want to say that Russia is doing great and whatever they are doing is just and acceptable across the board. The USA is the only one capable of proxy wars, right?

So which is it, are the books right or wrong?

None of what you link change the definition of a proxy war.

I can share a thousand books about communist ideology, doesn't change any of the pure uncut definitions.

I don't know how to provide and lookup what the definition of a word means?

Ok lol its like if you look up communism and thens someone says "well you should really read Trostsky" or whatever. Doesn't change what the definition of communism is, does it?

You linked an opinion piece he wrote about the subject.

That does not change the definition of what proxy war means. He wishes it did he makes arguments why he thinks it should.

But guess what, an opinion is an opinion. A definition continues to remain a definition.

"Amazing you don't even know what proxy means"

Maybe try an opinion piece from NYT or something that holds just as much weight.

You linked am opinion piece on how a dude thinks we should redefine what the definition of proxy war is.

Redefine. As in, change what it means. And it hasn't been changed the definition continues to be the exact same

"Amazing you don't even know what proxy means"

You realize this is this guys opinion piece right? He uses "I would argue" and language like that multiple times throughout. He's a us air force dude but not exactly the supreme authority on the subject and his opinion on how a proxy war should be portrayed in his opinion does not change the actual definition of what a proxy war is.

"Amazing you don't even understand what proxy is"

Here, I got my superficial definition here from Yandex comrade!

 proxy war is an armed conflict where at least one of the belligerents is directed or supported by an external third-party power. In the term “proxy war,” a belligerent with external support is the proxy. Both belligerents in a proxy war can be considered proxies if both are receiving foreign military aid from a third-party country. 12

It turns out that you can be a communist and possess reading comprehension!! I'm shocked. Might have to look into yandex more often because all this time I just thought you guys didn't have the right definitions to go by or something.

Nope. Turns out you just didn't know what the words you said meant that you were so vehemently defending.

Or is this Yandex stuff just dirty western propaganda too?

"Amazing you don't even know what a proxy is"

"Amazing you don't even know what proxy means"

You mean the fact that I pulled up the actual definition to show you didn't know what the fuck you were talking about when you said another country has to control that government and tell it what to do for it to be a proxy war. No. For all of modern history supplying weapons and support to another nation that is fighting your enemy has always been regarded as a proxy war.

So I'm able to engage with the fact that you are wrong. And then get all sad when someone pulls up a definition "can't believe you had to look up the definition because you didn't know what it means" and call it superficial googling

hahahahahahahahahaahahaha

"Amazing you don't even know what proxy means" - but hey maybe if you tried some of that superficial googling you would know what these words meant! Shoot, you could even use Yandex friend!

Yes see you have no grasp on what the fuck proxy war actually is.

A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for fighting each other directly.

I posted again friend maybe you will realize you missed a word or something.

The USA helping Ukraine is a proxy war because the USA wouldn't dare fight Russia because of the threat of nuclear annhiliation. So they give weapons to Ukraine and Ukraine fights Russia. They are "using a third party" to fight each other indirectly.

Russia is helping Iran because Russia also woudlnt dare fight USA because of the threat of nuclear annihilation. So Russia is giving weapons and intelligence to Iran "using a third party" to fight USA indirectly

"Amazing you don't know what proxy means"

Its actually super cool too he used a battery to send electricity to ignite the gunpowder.